International Civil Aviation Day, celebrated annually on December 7, will celebrate its 25th anniversary this coming year.
Civil aviation plays an enormous role in the global economy, which is not limited to transporting passengers to their desired destination, but also covers such activities as medicine, sports, culture, and cargo transportation. It is involved in rescue and emergency operations; it serves the construction, archaeological, agricultural, forestry, oil and gas industries.
GOST R 58849-2020, Civil aircraft. Development procedures. General provisions, came into force for the first time in June this year.
According to the document, work on the creation of civil aircraft includes the following stages: research, design, preparation and development of production, testing and certification.
The standard prescribes that the creation of aviation equipment is guided by modern principles of its design and development on the basis of the advanced scientific and technical reserve (STR).
The creation of STR takes into account global experience in the production of aircraft, an analysis of the international aircraft market and the prospects for its development, taking into account the requirements of potential buyers and operators and international standards concerning the safety and environmental characteristics of aircraft.
The standard, among other things, prescribes the peculiarities of creation of airborne equipment complexes, aviation units and materials.
It is recommended to apply the principle based on the concept of integrated modular avionics in the production of these complexes. It can provide, in particular, high information support during the flight mission and maintain high operability in a complex flight environment.
GOST R 58247-2018, Air Transport Avionics Equipment Interfaces, was also introduced for the first time and has been in effect for almost a year and a half.
The document is intended for use in the design, development and installation of avionics equipment used in aircraft in commercial transportation, primarily for wide- and narrow-body, long-haul, medium-haul and short-haul aircraft.
The standard represents an evolutionary method of implementing technical and methodological advances in the design and planning of civil aviation avionics aircraft units. Operating organizations are expected to consider the fundamental importance of the radio-electronic equipment installed on civil aviation aircraft to the operation of that aircraft.
The standard applies only to newly developed on-board power supply units.