Scientists of the State Research Institute of Aviation Systems (GosNIIAS) together with specialists of PJSC Yakovlev used semi-natural test benches, including the “Electronic Bird” of the SJ-100 aircraft, as part of their work on aircraft development and modernisation. The development and integration of the stand and the software and mathematical support for its operation were jointly performed, GosNIIAS said.
The institute is the leading organisation for the unified scientific and technical policy in the field of radio-electronic equipment for aircraft and participates in the projects of the civil aviation industry. Import-substituted Superjet became the embodiment of innovative developments of the domestic aviation industry, which was created in a broad scientific and industrial cooperation of leading enterprises and research organisations of Russia, noted in GosNIIAS.
In active co-operation with Yakovlev specialists, the institute’s scientists have developed simulators of aircraft systems not represented on the Electronic Bird. Thus, in the course of work on the development of a marshalling propulsion system (MPS) based on PD-8 engines, GosNIIAS developed an engine simulator and an MPS control complex for the stand to support bench, ground and flight tests of the PD-8 engine on the IL-76LL flying laboratory.
The software for successful integration and information interaction between the PD-8 and the flying laboratory was also developed by the Institute’s specialists. The second prototype of the Russian SJ-100 short-haul passenger aircraft is planned to be flown from this MSU.
