Title :
An innovative commercial avionics architecture for military tanker/transport platforms
Author :
Sturdy, James ; Redling, Thomas ; Cox, Paul
Author_Institution :
Honeywell Inc., Albuquerque, NM, USA
fDate :
7/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Honeywell has implemented a versatile integrated avionics (VIA) architecture in several advanced commercial flight deck applications ensuring a military tie to future commercial upgrades related to global air traffic management 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, identification friend or foe, 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 truly offers the military the best of both worlds.
Keywords :
aircraft communication; aircraft computers; aircraft displays; military avionics; open systems; system buses; advanced commercial flight deck applications; advanced military flight decks; avionics partitioning; backplane bus; cockpit displays; commercial avionics architecture; communications radios; core processing platform; defensive systems; equipment interfaces; fault tolerance; global air traffic management functions; high integrity computing platform; identification friend or foe; military requirements; military tanker/transport platforms; modular avionics; open architecture; service life; station keeping equipment; upgrade programs; versatile integrated avionics architecture; virtual LRU; Aerospace electronics; Air traffic control; Aircraft navigation; Business; Computer architecture; Costs; Displays; Hardware; Military aircraft; Surveillance;
Journal_Title :
Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE
