Mercury helps Boeing capture and retrieve
critical flight evidence with a crash-survivable
video recorder
CHALLENGE
Develop the first crash-survivable, EUROCAE ED-112A-qualified video recorder that allows
aircraft operators to record, stream and safeguard cockpit video, audio and data. The memory
must survive 115 MPa deep-sea pressures, 1,100
°
C (1 hour) and 260
°
C (10 hours) temperatures,
500 lb sharp impacts and fluid immersion.
SOLUTION
Engineers at Mercury designed a unique insulated shell to protect the video recorder and a
formulated thermal phase change material to add a second layer of heat protection for the
memory unit itself. For cost effectiveness, Mercury added upgradable, non-proprietary,
commercial technologies that simplified integration and maintenance. Finally, Mercury
developed and implemented video and audio compression algorithms to streamline data
collection and maximize storage capacity. The resulting FAERITO
®
video recorder was the
first purpose-built, crash-survivable, multi-functional avionics video recorder on the market
qualified to EUROCAE ED-112A, RTCA DO-160E and MIL-STD 1553 standards.
RESULT
During their development of an unmanned aerial vehicle,
Boeing was able to use the FAERITO video recorder to
gather critical crash data from test flights to improve
future designs. Future FAERITO solutions will further
enhance operator capabilities with removable memory
modules, easily retrievable crash-survivable memory and
FIPS 140-2 and NSA Type-I encryption options.
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CASE STUDY
Mercury + Boeing
