A digital braking system for aircraft, fully implemented on a domestic element base and replicated on various aircraft models, was developed by employees of the Institute of Power Electronics of the Novosibirsk State Technical University (NETI).
The development was carried out jointly with PJSC AK Rubin for the IL-114-300 passenger aircraft. The second prototype aircraft successfully made its first flight from the airfield of the Lukhovitsky Aircraft Factory named after P.A. Voronin at the end of March 2024. The head of the project at the university is Maxim Zharkov, Deputy Director of the Institute of Power Electronics at NSTU-NETI.
"This flight is extremely important for NSTU NETI, because the electronic equipment for the braking system and the software and hardware complex were created by employees of the Institute of Power Electronics of the university.
There were no digital brake control systems of this level in previous generations of Russian aircraft. We have managed to create a domestic digital braking system, for the first time 100% implemented on a domestic element base," comments Professor Sergey Kharitonov, Director of the Institute of Power Electronics at NSTU-NETI.
Among the features of the high-tech development, the professor also calls it versatile: the digital braking system created for the IL-114-300 can be replicated on other aircraft models. The developed unit meets the new standards and all the requirements for on-board equipment. The existing element base of domestic production makes it possible to implement all the necessary software and hardware complex aimed at solving problems of controlling the behavior of the braking system in various situations using a microprocessor control system of the developed unit. The presence of a flexibly configurable system allows you to adapt the blocks to new tasks and use them in future projects for the modernization and development of new aircraft.
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According to the information United Aircraft Corporation (part of Rostec State Corporation), Il-114-300 – a regional passenger aircraft with a maximum capacity of 68 seats. It will replace the AN-24 on local airlines. The developer of the aircraft is a subsidiary of UAC – PJSC Il, the final assembly of the aircraft is carried out at an enterprise in Lukhovitsy near Moscow (the enterprises are part of PJSC UAC of Rostech State Corporation).