Model-driven development for new missile

Statemate has been selected by MBDA to aid in the development of Meteor, a flexible new air-to-air missile to be incorporated in to the next-generation of European fighter aircraft.

Statemate has been selected by world leading missile systems manufacturer MBDA to aid in the development of Meteor, a highly flexible, visual and beyond visual range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) to be incorporated in to the next-generation of European fighter aircraft, including the Eurofighter Typhoon, Dassault Rafale and Saab Gripen.

MBDA is the prime contractor for the Meteor programme, part of a multinational defence agreement signed in December of 2002 by its six member countries, which include the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden and Spain.

"We selected I-Logix because Statemate was the only model-driven development (MDD) solution on the market that met all of our key requirements", said an MBDA spokesman.

"In addition, I-Logix' continuous successes with our partner companies BAE Systems, Airbus and Alenia-Marconi Systems further demonstrates their capacity to understand and develop solutions for today's defence industry design problems".

Meteor's key features include stealthy launch, enhanced propulsion system motor performance and robust countermeasure capabilities all made possible by the increased sophistication of the algorithm system which controls missile guidance, navigation, airframe, propulsion and RF signal processing.

Statemate will create, navigate, update, check, simulate and analyse the algorithm system ensuring that all mission critical requirements are met.

Statemate models can be shared electronically with other members of the design, development, and testing teams to facilitate collaboration worldwide, a significant feature as the algorithm development teams are located at multiple sites throughout the UK, France and Sweden.

"Statemate provides great benefits for system integration in a highly dispersed development program such as Meteor", added MBDA.

"This previously unattainable sharing of design information during the early stages of development enables algorithms of significantly higher integrity, beyond that achievable through a traditional approach".

"MBDA's collaborative hurdles are similar to many international defence projects currently underway", said Neeraj Chandra, I-Logix Senior Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Development.

"MBDA's use of Statemate across multiple locations highlights the collaborative value of our solution and represents a major triumph of Model-driven Development (MDD) in a missile design environment".

"Actually I-Logix' model-driven development solutions have a proven track record to drastically reduce the design time and defect rates throughout the defence industry".

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