Airplane Information Management System Explained

The Airplane Information Management System (AIMS) is the "brains" of Boeing 777 aircraft. It uses four ARINC 629 buses to transfer information. There are 2 cabinets on each plane (left and right).^{[1] [2] [3]}

History

The Intel 80x86 processor was the first to be used for the system, in conjunction with a compiler and runtime system for the Ada programming language. Beginning in 1988 and continuing for a number of years, Honeywell Air Transport Systems worked together with consultants from DDC-I in collaboration to retarget and optimize the DDC-I Ada compiler to the AMD 29050 architecture for use in full scale development.^[4] The Airplane Information Management System software would become arguably the best-known of any Ada project, civilian or military.^[5] Some 550 developers at Honeywell worked on the flight system.^[6]

Functions

Primary Functions

• Cockpit displays system^[7]
• Flight management system
• Thrust management system (Autothrottle)
• Aircraft condition monitoring system
• Data communication management (Datalink)
• Flight deck communication
• Central maintenance system
• Flight data acquisition system

Other Functions

• Flight Data Recorder System
• Aircraft Conditioning Monitoring System

See also

• Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA)
• Cockpit display system

External links

• Boeing 777 Airplane Information Management System

Notes and References

1. Web site: 777 Family: Flight Deck and Airplane Systems. 2013-10-05. Boeing.
2. Web site: System Integration of the 777 Airplane Information Management System . 2013-10-05 . April 1996 . Witwer . Bob . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131007004801/https://www.stevens.edu/sse/sites/default/files/777%20Systems%20Integration.pdf . 2013-10-07 .
3. Web site: The Avionics Handbook: Boeing B-777. 2013-10-05. 2001. Morgan. Michael J.. Honeywell.
4. Book: Rehmer , Karl . The HADS Team . 2009 . Beautiful Teams: Inspiring and Cautionary Tales from Veteran Team Leaders . Andrew . Stellman . Jennifer . Greene . O'Reilly . Sebastopol, California . 299–312.
5. News: There's Still Some Life Left in Ada . Alexander . Wolfe . . October 2004 . 7. 2. 28–31 . free. 10.1145/1035594.1035608.
6. News: Boeing Flies on 99% Ada . Ada Information Clearinghouse . October 24, 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151105021316/http://archive.adaic.com/projects/atwork/boeing.html . November 5, 2015 .
7. https://aerospace.honeywell.com/en/products/cockpit-systems/airplane-information-management-system Airplane Information Management System (AIMS) | Honeywell Aerospace