Evaluation of Honeywell recoverable computer system (RCS) in presence of electromagnetic effects

The design and development of a closed-loop system to study and evaluate the performance of the Honeywell recoverable computer system (RCS) in electromagnetic environments (EME) is presented. The development of a Windows-based software package to handle the time critical communication of data and commands between the RCS and flight simulation code in real-time, while meeting the stringent hard deadlines is also presented. The performance results of the RCS while exercising flight control laws under ideal conditions as well as in the presence of electromagnetic fields is also discussed.