FlyByWire

  • N-Version Programming and Design-Fault Tolerance in Safety-Critical Actuators

    N-Version Programming and Design-Fault Tolerance in Safety-Critical Actuators

    Safety-critical aerospace systems demand reliability far beyond ordinary software engineering standards. In modern fly-by-wire architectures, actuators that drive control surfaces — elevators, ailerons, rudders, flaps, and high-authority maneuvering systems — must function correctly under all circumstances. Hardware redundancy alone cannot guarantee this; design faults in software remain a major threat. This is where N-Version…