VIRTUALIZED AIRCRAFT CONTROL ARCHITECTURE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD

A virtualized aircraft control architecture includes a human-machine interface configured for generating a main command for arranging a functional element into a target configuration among a plurality of configurations; a procedure management module configured for generating a suggested command depending upon a current step of a flight procedure; a command confirmation module generating a safety command associated with the main command when the latter corresponds to the suggested command; and an interface module configured for sending the main and safety commands to a control module. The control module arranges the functional element into the target configuration when the main command and the safety command, respectively, correspond to the expected main and safety commands for arranging the functional element into the target configuration.