An innovative architecture for military tanker/transport platforms ensures a tie to commercial upgrades to meet future GATM requirements

Author

Sturdy, James ; Redling, Thomas ; Cox, Paul

Author_Institution

Honeywell Defense Avionics Syst., Albuquerque, NM, USA

Volume

1/17 pp. vol.1

fYear

1999

fDate

36465

Abstract

Honeywell has implemented the versatile integrated avionics (VIA) in several advanced commercial flight deck applications ensuring a military tie to future commercial upgrades related to GATM functions. The VIA architecture can also be easily extended to meet unique military requirements of the advanced military flight decks for military tanker/transport upgrade programs. The subtle changes in the architecture are a result of unique equipment interfaces and unique military equipment such as communications radios, IFF (identification friend or foe), SKE (station keeping equipment) and defensive systems, which must be integrated within the architecture. The ability to integrate both commercial and military functions in the same high integrity computing platform offers the military the best of both worlds

Keywords

aircraft computers; aircraft displays; aircraft maintenance; military aircraft; military avionics; system buses; VME backplane; air traffic management; avionics architecture; commercial upgrades; communication; core processing platform; defensive systems; display electronics; enhanced safety; equipment interfaces; future GATM requirements; identification friend or foe; innovative architecture; military aircraft; military tanker platforms; military transport platforms; navigation; open architecture; overall cost of ownership; partitioning; retrofitting; route optimization; service life; station keeping equipment; surveillance; versatile integrated avionics; Aerospace electronics; Air traffic control; Aircraft navigation; Business; Computer architecture; Costs; Curing; Displays; Military aircraft; Surveillance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Digital Avionics Systems Conference, 1999. Proceedings. 18th

Conference_Location

St Louis, MO

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5749-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DASC.1999.863743

Filename

863743