Aeronautical

Revision
Design Standard

ADS-44-HDBK 03/Feb/2006

ADS-44-HDBK 03/Feb/2006

ADS-44-HDBK 03/Feb/2006
ADS-44-HDBK 03/Feb/2006
5.1
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5.1.4
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5.2
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5.2.3
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5.8.2.6
5.8.2.7
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Specific Requirement Method
D T A
D – Design Data, Drawings, Supplements, Type
Certificate Data Sheet
A – Analysis: Structural Analysis, Electrical Load
Analysis
T – Testing: Structural Testing, Flight Testing, Type
Inspection Report
O – Other: Equivalent Levels of Safety, Special
Conditions, Letters, Memorandums

Armament airworthiness qualification process

Full qualification must be addressed when the modified
armament meets the following criteria
a. Has a + 5% weight change,
b. Causes the aircraft c.g. to change + 0.5 inches,
c. Has a + 10% change in inertia,
d. Has a software modification or causes aircraft software
changes,
e. Has a change in the interface with the aircraft,
f. Safety is impacted.
Weapon-aircraft interface analysis
As a minimum, the following aspects will be reviewed for
significance in the Weapon-Aircraft interface Analysis:
Safety, such as changes to munition blast effects and
exhaust products / debris
Effect on aircraft survivability, vulnerability and
crashworthiness
Operational engagement techniques
Fire control, including ballistic coefficients
Software including data flow / bus traffic
Electrical interface
Mechanical interface
Crew, troop and maintenance personnel interface
Safe firing envelope
Surface danger zone
Airworthiness qualification schedule
Analysis
Component and Sub Component Tests
Ground Tests
Survey
Demonstration
Aircraft Flight Test
Captive Carry: Instrumented non-firing weapon. First flight
requirements apply
Surveys: Weapon fire / launched. Firing Readiness Review
(FRR) applies.
Demonstrations: Weapon fire / launched. FRR applies.
Component and subsystem tests.
Component tests.
Subsystem tests.
Bare Bench
Hot Mock up
Palletized Flight Test
Surrogate Host Flight Test
Integrated Flight Test
Detailed Requirements
Armament and integration configuration.
Operational concept and procedures.
Armament description and installation.
Location of armament.
Electrical installation.
Software description.
Equipment furnished by contractor.
Equipment furnished by Government.
Analyses and simulations.
Electrical loads analysis.
Electromagnetic environmental effects analysis (E3).
Human factors analyses.
Gross analysis of tasks.
Display / control optimization study.
Armament impact on crew vision.
Environmental analysis / tests.
Weight and balance analysis.
Structural integrity analysis.
Loads and stress analysis.
Crashworthiness analysis.
Fatigue analysis.
Dynamic analysis.
The resonant frequencies, damping, and mode shapes.

The forced response of the installed system with the forcing

frequencies of the host equal to the primary forcing
frequencies of lP, nP, 2nP, and 3nP.
n = number of rotor blades
P = rotor rotational frequency
The installed system dynamic effect on both the weapon and
host system.
Engine ingestion analysis.
Gas plume impingement analysis.
Impact on sensors.
Impact on avionics.
Clearance analysis.
Jettison analysis.
Safe arm and safe escape analysis.
Accuracy firing analysis.
Bomb launch transient analysis.
Combat survivability analysis.
Protection of classified data.
Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability (RAM) analysis.
Type classification.
Surface danger zone (SDZ) analysis.
Safe firing envelope analysis / simulation.
Weapon inhibits, limits and interrupts (WILI) analysis.
Safety constraints (limits).
a. Aircraft attitude, rates, accelerations, and airspeed
b. Missile seeker parameters (angles)
c. Sight parameters (sight selection)
d. Laser backscatter
e. Other weapon launch in progress, time between weapon
firing
f. In-flight / on-ground
g. In-flight boresight
h. Weapon time-of-flight
i. Range and altitude limits
j. Gun out-of-coincidence, pointing limits
k. Gun duty cycle
I. Pylon limits
m. Pylon servo error: pylon position, coincidence error
Safety inhibits.
Performance constraints (limits).
a. Aircraft attitude, rates, and accelerations
b. Aircraft airspeed
c. Pylon position
d. Missile seeker parameters (cage / uncage)
e. Sight parameters
f. Scattering laser
Performance inhibits.
Interrupts.
UAV intearation analysis.
Laser systems
Laser beam divergence and power for all modes.
Safety interlocks will be incorporated for the high voltage
laser electronics
unit
Software andlor hardware inhibits control the laser field of
regard (FOR) to
prevent the laser beam from hitting any part of the aircraft or
aircraft systems
The laser must not be susceptible to EM1 resulting in
inadvertent emission
of laser energy
New ammunition.
MIL-STD-1316, Safety Criteria for Fuse Design
MIL-HDBK-1512, Design Requirements and Test Methods
for Electro explosive Subsystems, Electrically Initiated

MIL-STD- 1466, Safety Criteria and Qualification

Requirements for Pyrotechnic Initiated Explosive (PIE)
Ammunition
MIL-STD-331, Environmental and Performance Tests for
Fuse and Fuse Components.
Shipboard compatibility analysis.
Component qualification.
Categories
Functional tests.
Structural tests.
Endurance tests.
Environmental tests.
Electromagnetic environmental effects (E3) tests.
Qualification reports.
Subsystem integration test.
Evaluation of interfaces
a. software to software
b. hardware to hardware
c. hardware to software
Integration facilities.

a. Armament and software suppliers integrate components

into subsystems in Aircraft / Avionics Integration Laboratories
(AIL)s and Software Integration Laboratories (SlL)s prior to
delivew to aircraft manufacturers.

b. The aircraft contractor conducts the aircraft system-level

integration in their AIL, mission equipment development lab
or hot bench to ensure safe and effective integration.

c. The Government facilities, SlLs and other labs test the

development of GFE armament and GFE armament
integration.
Ground tests.
Fire control integration.
Armament / fire control operations
Armament / fire control boresight
Loading procedures
Clearance
Armament functionality.
Firing effects.
Engine compatibility.
Accuracy
Electromagnetic environmental effects (E3).
Environmental
Prerequisites for first flight test (non-firing).
First Flight Design Review (FFDR).
Safety statement.
Safety assessment.
Night vision goggle (NVG) test.
Software verification.
Safety-of-flight (SOF) analysis and tests.
Prerequisites for first flight (firing).
Firing Readiness Review (FRR).
Safety Assessment Report (SAR).
Flight tests.
Flight test phases.
Safe separation.
Envelope expansion.
Compatibility verification.
Accuracy verification.
Flight test requirements.
Aircraft flight performance.
Target acquisition / designation subsystem (TNDS) pointing.
Target acquisition / designation subsystem handover.
Target acquisition / designation subsystem heap on firings.
Fire control.
Jettison.
Gun operation and accuracy
Rocket operation and accuracy.
Missile operation and accuracy.
Armament safety.
Loads and vibration.
Engine operation.
E3
Test instrumentation.
Airworthiness considerations.
Typical aircraft instrumentation.
Special armament instrumentation.
Clearance.
Timelines
Structural integrity.
Aero elastic and aeroacoustics effects.
Blast overpressure, thermal, flash and debris.
Gas and noise.
Firing / launch signal.
Jettison.
Engine compatibility.
Launch transients.
Data bus monitor.
Documentation.
Data Item Descriptions (DID). The following DlDs are
applicable and should be tailored and cited as appropriate for
the specific configuration:
a.    Dl-NDTI-80566 Test Plan
b.    Dl-NDTI-80603 Test Procedure
c.    Dl-NDTI-80809B Test / inspection Report
d.    Dl-EMCS-80200B Electromagnetic Interference Test
Report
e.    Dl-SAFT-81626 System Safety Program Plan (SSPP)
f.     Dl-SAFT-80103B Engineering Change Proposal System
Safety Report (ECPSSR)
g.    Dl-DRPR-81000C Product Drawings / Models and
Associated Lists
h.    Dl-GDRQ-80198A Internal Loads and Static Strength
Analysis Report
i.      Dl-MGMT-81501 Weight and Balance Report for Aircraft
j.      Dl-EMCS-80199B Electromagnetic Interference Control
Procedures (EMICP)
k.    Dl-SAFT-80101 B System Safety Hazard Analysis
(SSHA) Report
l.      Dl-SAFT-80102B Safety Assessment Report (SAR)
m.   Dl-ILSS-81495 Failure Mode Effects and Criticality
Analysis (FMECA) Report
n.    Dl-EMCS-80201B Electromagnetic Interference Test
Procedures (EMITP)
o.    Dl-MISC-80711A Scientific and Technical Reports
p.    Dl-SESS-81002D Development Design Drawings /
Models and Associated Parts Lists
q.    Dl-NDTI-81284 Test and Evaluation Program Plan
(TEPP)
r.     Dl-CMAN-81314 System / Segment Interface Control
Specification
s.    Dl-CMAN-81022C Configuration Audit Summary Report
t.      Dl-IPSC-81430A Operational Concept Description
(OCD)
u.    Dl-IPSC-81431A System / Subsystem Specification
(SSS)
v.    Dl-EMCS-81540A Electromagnetic Environmental
Effects (E3) Integration and Analysis Report (E31AR)
w.   Dl-EMCS-81541A Electromagnetic Environmental
Effects (E3) Verification Procedures (E3VP)
x.    Dl-EMCS-81542A Electromagnetic Environmental
Effects (E3) Verification Report (E3VR)
y.    Dl-MGMT-81502 Sample Chart A and Chart E Report for
Aircraft
z.    Dl-MGMT-81503 Post-Design Weight Analysis Report
Airworthiness Qualification Specification (AQS).
Verification matrix.
Test plans and procedures.
Test reports.
System Safety Management Plan (SSMP).
System Safety Program Plan (SSPP).
Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PHA).
Subsystem Hazard Analysis (SSHA) Report.
System Hazard Analysis (SHA).
Safety Assessment Report (SAR).
Failure Modes Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA).
Drawings
Software documentation
Software Development Plan (SDP).
Module Safety-Criticality Analysis.
Software Design Description (SDD).
Software Requirements Specification (SRS).
Software Interface Requirements Specification (IRS).
System / Subsystem Specification (SSS1.
Software Test Plan (STP).
Software Test Description (STD).
Software Test Report (STR).
Software Failure Modes. Effects and Criticality Analysis
(FMECA).
Software Safety Program Plan (SSPP).
Software Version Description (SVD).
Problem Change Reports (PCR).
hod Applicable Documentation
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