Aerospace

Air-To-Air Refuelling Pod Avionic Software Design, Integration & System Engineering Support

KDC has delivered specialist engineering support across the project lifecycle including requirements mapping, avionic software design, integration, test and verification activities.

Way of Working

Contractual Terms

Fixed Price

Agile Sprint Tasking

SQEP Capability Provision

Engagement Model

Offsite, independent task execution

Task-driven SQEP Capability Provision

Resource deployed to customer team

Eaton required avionics software design, integration and verification for an over-wing Air-to-Air Refuelling Pod control system, with full compliance to system requirements and programme milestones.

KDC Projects operated as a fixed-price, task-driven delivery partner, undertaking requirements capture, architecture definition, software development, integration, test and debugging across control and fault display modules.

This established compliant, verified software baselines, reduced integration risk, and supported assured progression toward system qualification and programme delivery.

Requirement

Capture and analyse system requirements, design the solution architecture, develop and integrate the avionics software, and perform comprehensive testing, debugging, and verification to ensure full compliance of an over wing Air-to-Air Refuelling Pod control system.

Skills & Tools

Enterprise Architect
All Change
Helix QAC
Windriver Debugger

Tasking

Production of the Software Design Specification. Integration, Test and debugging of the Software code for the modules that control the switching between the Over Wing pods and the Fault Display.

Deliverables

Production of the Control & Fault Display Design Specification
Integration and Test of the above Software Code
Debugging Support and issue resolution as required

Outcome

KDC Projects continue to support Eaton with SQEP personnel to deliver specialist tasking over an 18-month program which is on schedule to complete in 2026.