PHM Return on Investment
Performing return on investment analysis for Prognostics Health Management (PHM)
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Aerospace & Avionics
CALCE resources and solutions for engineers managing reliability, qualification, obsolescence, thermal performance, and life-cycle risk across aerospace and avionics electronic systems.
12Technical focus areas
4Current member organizations
20Featured publications
20+Years of sector support
Industry Focus
Engineering for mission-critical electronics
For more than 20 years, CALCE EPSC has developed tools and methodologies that help engineers assess, mitigate, and manage risks in electronic products.
CALCE has worked with organizations across complete electronics supply chains in the telecommunications, automotive, and avionics industries. This page brings together resources and solutions of particular interest to aerospace and avionics engineers.
Please contact CALCE when you are looking for solutions and innovations that can decrease life-cycle risks for next-generation electronic products and systems.
Resources & Solutions
Aerospace engineering focus areas
The following areas reflect the original CALCE Aerospace and Avionics page and the engineering needs highlighted for this sector.
Virtual Qualification
Performing a Virtual Qualification of products prior to prototype build and test
Parts Management
Creating an effective parts selection and management process
Component Uprating
Uprating commercial parts for use outside the recommended operating temperature range
Obsolescence Cost
Managing obsolete parts to minimize the cost impact
Design Refresh
Optimizing design refresh schedule and content based on part obsolescence forecasts
Obsolescence Forecasting
Forecasting part obsolescence
Thermal Management
Improving the thermal management for avionic systems
Electromagnetic Compatibility
Analyzing and simulating the electromagnetic compatibility of avionics equipment
High-Temperature Electronics
Using parts in high temperature applications
Qualification & Assurance
Developing an accelerated product qualification and quality assurance program
Display Reliability
Assessing the reliability of liquid crystal displays
Consortium Community
Current aerospace and avionics members
Organizations and designated participating sites listed on the current CALCE EPS Consortium Members page.
General Electric (Unison)
Jacksonville, FL
Honeywell
Tucson, AZPhoenix, AZClearwater, FLMississauga, ON, Canada
L3-Harris Corporation
Enterprise
Lockheed Martin
Bethesda, MD
Membership information is based on the current CALCE EPS Consortium member directory.
Knowledge Base
Featured aerospace and avionics publications
Explore 20 selected CALCE publications spanning avionics reliability, prognostics and health management, thermal environments, parts uprating, obsolescence, and lead-free electronics. Every publication link opens in a new tab.
20 publications
A Perspective of the IPC Report on Lead-Free Electronics in Military/Aerospace Applications
Microelectronics Reliability, Volume 69, pp. 66–70, February 2017.
Disposable Electronics in Military and Avionics Systems
Proceedings DMSMS Conference, Hollywood, FL, August 2011.
Electrostatic Monitoring of Gas Path Debris for Aero-engines
IEEE Transactions on Reliability, Vol. 60, No. 1, pp. 33–40, March 2011.
Research on Electrostatic Monitoring Technology for Aero-engine Gas Path
2010 Prognostics & System Health Management Conference, Macau, China, January 12–14, 2010.
Life Cycle Cost Impact of Using Prognostic Health Management (PHM) for Helicopter Avionics
Microelectronics Reliability 47 (2007), pp. 1857–1864.
Plastic Ball Grid Array Solder Joint Reliability for Avionics Applications
IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies, Vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 242–247, June 2007.
Avionics Architecture Approach to the Sustainable Utilization of Commercial Technology
IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, Vol. 19, No. 10, pp. 7–10, October 2004.
Prognostics and Health Management for Avionics
IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, March 2004.
Prognostics and Health Management for Improved Dispatchability of Integrated Modular Avionics Equipped Aircraft
23rd Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), Salt Lake City, UT, October 2004.
Manufacturing and Reliability of Pb-Free and Mixed System Assemblies (SnPb/Pb-Free) in Avionics Environments
SMTA International Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, September 21–25, 2003.
Remaining Life Assessment of Aging Electronics in Avionic Applications
Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium Proceedings, pp. 313–318, Tampa, FL, January 27–30, 2003.
Recommendations for Future Avionics Hardware Development
Proceedings of the World Aviation Congress, Phoenix, AZ, November 2002.
Determining Optimum Redesign Plans for Avionics Considering Electronic Part Obsolescence Forecasts
Proceedings World Aviation Congress, SAE Technical Paper 2002-1-3012, Phoenix, AZ, November 2002.
Electronic Hardware Reliability
Avionics Handbook, pp. 22-1 to 22-21, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, December 2000.
An Avionics Guide to Uprating of Electronic Parts
IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies, Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 595–599, September 2000.
Use of Thermal Analysis Information in Avionics Equipment Development
Electronics Cooling, Vol. 5, No. 3, September 1999.
Thermal Management of an Avionics Module Using Solid-Liquid Phase Change Materials (PCMs)
AIAA Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 12, pp. 256–262, 1998.
Characterizing the Commercial Avionics Thermal Environment for Field Reliability Assessment
Proceedings—Institute of Environmental Sciences, pp. 50–57, 1996.
The Role of Heat Transfer Analysis in Avionics Equipment Development
ASME Proceedings of the 32nd National Heat Transfer Conference, Vol. 7, HTD-Vol. 329, pp. 197–209, August 1996.
Commercial Microcircuit Options in Military Avionics Systems Demand Reliability
Defense Electronics, August 1991.
Discuss an aerospace challenge
For further information about CALCE aerospace and avionics research, resources, and collaboration, contact the faculty listed on the original page.
Prof. Michael Pecht301-405-5323
Prof. Peter Sandborn301-405-3167
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