C-130J SOFTWARE GETTING UPDATE.Byline: - Daily News EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the world's longest runway. - New computer software is being reworked for the C-130J cargo planes. The so-called Block 5.4 software is designed to improve the planes' cargo-handling system, as well as advancing the communication, navigation and identification systems. ``One of the key functions we've been evaluating with this 5.4 software is airdrop air·drop n. A delivery, as of supplies or troops, by parachute from aircraft. tr. & intr.v. air·dropped, air·drop·ping, air·drops To drop or be dropped from an aircraft. Noun 1. - upgrades for the back end of the aircraft,'' said Michael Berard, 418th Flight Test Squadron C-130J program manager. ``This software tells us how to load the cargo and how to get rid of it.'' When finished, and coupled with different cargo pallets and anchors, the new software is intended to let a C-130J drop during flight up to 40,440 pounds of cargo, up from the present airdrop limit of 28,000 pounds. The 418th Flight Test Squadron's recent testing included formation flying, airdrops, traffic collision avoidance system The Traffic alert and Collision Avoidance System (or TCAS) is a computerised avionics device which is designed to reduce the danger of mid-air collisions between aircraft. tests, computer-based approach testing and noise and vibration tests , said Maj. Clifton Janney, 418th Flight Test Squadron multiengine test pilot. Lockheed Martin For the former company, see . Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is a leading multinational aerospace manufacturer and advanced technology company formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta. , the C-130J's manufacture, is modifying the preliminary 5.4 software. Software testing Software testing is the process used to measure the quality of developed computer software. Usually, quality is constrained to such topics as correctness, completeness, security, but can also include more technical requirements as described under the ISO standard ISO 9126, such will continue beginning in February, Edwards officials said. The 5.4 upgrades are scheduled to be operational in C-130J planes by next fall. |
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