As the “Total System Provider” for Flight Test Instrumentation (FTI), Curtiss-Wright is leading the flight test communities’ transition from a PCM/CAIS-based FTI system to a network-based Distributed FTI (DFTI) system. The DFTI system includes the entire airborne network and bi-directional RF links that make the ground station part of the DFTI network. We provide networked products and services that cover the entire gamut of FTI, from data acquisition, recorders, switches, gateways, RF transmitters, and transponders, ground support equipment, and data analysis software tools (IADS®) for all commercial and DoD test platforms. This presentation will focus on our collaborative developments with the FTI customers and the new capabilities that will be available to the FTI community.

Delegates will learn:
• Distributed Flight Test Instrumentation (DFTI) Network, based on IRIG standards
• Network sub-systems and components, including new types of avionics buses
• Bi-directional wireless links, and making the ground station a part of DFTI
• Ground data processing, both real-time and post-test for single and multi-ship configurations
• Edge computing, AI/ML software containers, and Knowledge Management (KM)