Aircraft Systems

Since the Second Edition of Aircraft Systems was published six years ago a few but not many major new aircraft projects have emerged. At the time of writing, the Airbus A380 is approaching certification and entry into service (the first aircraft being delivered to Singapore Airlines in October 2007), the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II (previously known as JSF) is well established on its flight test programme and the Boeing 787 is months away from first flight and the Airbus A350XWB final design is emerging. However, with the development of these new aircraft the introduction of new technologies abounds and the use of avionics technology to integrate systems at the aircraft and subsystems level has gained considerable pace