PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
END-TO-END FLIGHT
TEST DATA ACQUISITION
The capability to fully supply and support a flight
test campaign requires a comprehensive suite of
products combined with expertise and experience
Safran Data Systems, formerly Zodiac
Data Systems, provides end-to-end
solutions for airborne and ground
testing. The company can develop,
manufacture and install instrumentation and
data systems for many different types of
applications and environments including
fixed, mobile, or shipborne testing with
aircraft, helicopters, flying taxis, missiles,
launch vehicles, space vehicles, supersonics
and unmanned aerial vehicles.
Safran Data Systems can provide
dedicated assistance for any aerospace
platform manufacturer: in addition to the
offering of a complete COTS-based and
tailored end-to-end instrumentation system,
close support and expertise will be delivered
to the Flight Test teams prior to and
throughout the whole test campaigns. The
company has developed standard-driven
COTS bricks for its end-to-end solution. The
XMA is a field-proven modular Data
Acquisition Unit (DAU) designed to perform
signal conditioning as well as to acquire,
process and stream synchronized data with
high timing accuracy. Various levels of
ruggedization and 2 x 3in stackable modules
enable installation in many different types of
environments. The variety of modules
available allows the acquisition of any type of
signal coming from analog or digital sensors,
serial interfaces and avionic buses.
Coupled with the MDR recorder,
switches and transmitters, the
compound versatility sets a new
standard in terms of flexibility while
keeping field-proven top-quality
metrology performance.
Combining Ethernet and IRIG 106 Ch7,
these bricks are fully network telemetry
compliant and able to handle synchronous
and asynchronous data using the same
dataflow from air to ground with basically no
impact on existing infrastructure. With the
capability to handle various data formats in a
monolithic topology, the Safran Data Systems
on-board instrumentation’s integration into
existing FTI architectures is seamless. It
supports standard and specific legacy data
output formats (IENA, DAR, Ch4, Ch10…) and
follows the latest IRIG106 standards: Ch7,
Ch25 (TmNS). In addition to these core
competencies, Safran Data Systems now
offers suitable sensors, cameras and cables
made to specification.
The company is also integrating new
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power consumption is crucial, especially with
smaller platforms like UCAS or air taxis.
A full end-to-end system requires a
telemetry downlink and ground stations.
Safran Data Systems has developed its own
portfolio of ground station solutions based on
various sizes of multi-band antennas suited
for any vehicle under tests. A ground station
also includes receivers RTR and RX-1, RF/ IF-
and baseband-recorders and various tools
enabling data processing, real-time
visualization, post-processing and replay. The
company has more than 40 years of
experience in providing complete fixed,
mobile or shipborne stations with antennas
reaching diameters of up to 11m as well as
Above all, the flight test engineer’s
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1 // The Comtrack antenna
is a L, S or C-Band
monopulse tracking
antenna
2 // The MDR-GT is very
high bandwidth, multiple
terabytes storage capacity
Chapter 10 recorder with
live filtering and data
processing
3 // The XMA PCM
Encoder / DAQ processes
and streams data with
high levels of accuracy
4 // A Mobile Telemetry
Van for use on test ranges
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technologies in its solutions. The end-to-end
solution is being enhanced with wireless
(Bluetooth, wi-fi, UWB) and the
footprint of equipment is
getting smaller. Reducing
intrusiveness and
integrated mobile stations.
experience is enhanced with a single process
for the whole system’s management. The
eZ Software Suite enables an easier
configuration, calibration and monitoring of
the system with wizards, auto-setups and
productivity tools, while auto-detection eases
architecture changes. eZ offers data
processing, data analysis, and import/export
capabilities to interface with third-party
software. Live monitoring is made available
both on-board and at ground stations.
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