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Metron Aviation, Dulles, Va., appointed
Joe Hof director of business Develop-
ment for Global ATM Operations.
Before joining Metron, Hof was the
national operations manager of inter-
national operations at FAAs Air Traf-
fic Control System Command Center
(ATCSCC), where he was responsible
for developing Traffic Flow Manage-
ment (TFM) processes and procedures
with international air navigation service providers. Hof also
contributed to the development of the international opera-
tions procedures utilized on the operational floor, aided in the
development of national procedures for projects such as Traf-
fic Management Advisor and served as facilitator for national
Collaborative Decision Making meetings.
Previously, Hof led the development of Air Traffic Flow
Management (ATFM) between the United States and Mexico
and between other states in the Caribbean and South America
regions. He was the rapporteur of the Caribbean/South Ameri-
ca region ATFM Task Force and assisted ICAO with the devel-
opment of a global ATFM manual.
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communications between Rockwell Collins and the investing
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organization since joining Rockwell Collins in 1995. Buesing
most recently served as controller, Operations, since 2009.
FreeWave Appointments
Data radio manufacturer FreeWave Technologies, of Boulder,
Colo., named Clive Winkler chief technology officer. The com-
pany also appointed Ashish Sharma as chief marketing officer.
Prior to FreeWave, Winkler was vice president, Advanced
Development, at Cubic Defense Applications. Sharma previ-
ously was vice president, marketing, for Alvarion, where he
participated in development and adoption of 4G technologies.
FreeWave has added 14 positions in the past several months,
including Ralph Oriscello as business development executive.
Howard Lefkowitz
Row 44, Westlake Village, Calif., named Howard Lefkowitz
chief commercial officer. Lefkowitz will also open Row 44s
new Las Vegas office, and will sit on the companys board of
directors. In his new role, Lefkowitz, the former VEGAS.com
CEO, will be responsible for marketing and branding Row 44s
in-flight broadband services for commercial airlines.
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of broadband services, including on-demand movies, live televi-
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The capabilities of system
integration technologies impact
electronics platform complexity,
software design methodology, application
design, system integration, reuse, upgrades, obsoles-
cence management and certification. The right system integra-
tion infrastructure enables design of less complex
software-centric systems at lower lifecycle cost. New Quality Of
Service (QoS) enhancements and protocol standards such as
TTEthernet (SAE AS6802) guarantee strictly deterministic computing
and networking performance for time-, mission-, and safety-critical
functions in advanced Ethernet-based integrated systems.
Advancing System
Integration with
Ethernet
TTEthernet (SAE AS6802) for Time-, Mission- and
Safety-Critical Systems
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Time-triggered QoS enhancements
for Ethernet satisfy requirements of
backplane and backbone applications
in aerospace, automotive, energy pro-
duction and industrial systems.
DO-254 compliant TTEthernet
switches enable hard real-time mes-
saging, redundant networking, and fully
support ARINC 664-P7 protocol ser-
vices for avionics, vetronics and critical
control architectures.
TTEthernet is suited for a broad
range of demanding avionics and
vetronics applications benefiting
from minimized system complexity
and reduced size, weight and power
(SWaP).
Ethernet in Critical Applications
Ethernet is a family of frame-based
communication standards and a versa-
tile networking technology, which enjoys
tremendous support in different com-
mercial and industry applications. How-
ever, Ethernet was not designed for use
in highly critical embedded applications.
It relies on asynchronous com-
munication and statistical bandwidth
multiplexing which imposes severe con-
straints on resource sharing and deter-
ministic, real-time operation in complex
distributed systems. This severely limits
design of advanced integrated systems.
One way around those limitations is to
use other specialized networks (e.g.,
Fibre Channel, Infiniband, FireWire, or
RapidIO) and overcome the Ethernet
capability gap. Another approach is to
add missing capabilities to Ethernet
using QoS enhancements in the form
of protocol service
standards such as
priority-based VLAN
(IEEE 802.1Q), loss-
less and low-latency
IEEE DCB, avion-
ics ARINC 664-P7
standard or critical
embedded system
networking stan-
dard SAE AS6802
(TTEthernet). This
allows use of Ether-
net for different criti-
cal embedded sys-
tem applications.
TTEthernet: A Strictly Deterministic
Ethernet Service
TTEthernet (SAE AS6802) is an Ethernet
protocol service, designed by aerospace
and automotive network experts. It
complements IEEE 802.3 Ethernet and
provides strict determinism, hard real-
time messaging, fault-tolerant synchro-
nization, synchronous communication,
robust TDMA partitioning and supports
design of non-redundant, double, triple
and quad-redundant systems.
TTEthernet services execute network
algorithms utilizing standard asynchro-
nous messaging and standard Ethernet
frame format, without modifying any of
the existing Ethernet capabilities. TTEth-
ernet allows different traffic classes on
one switch: time-triggered (synchro-
nous), rate-constrained and best-effort,
to operate in one shared network.
Synchronous time-triggered com-
munication is congestion-free, hard real-
time and independent of the network
load. Therefore, TTEthernet switches
can be used for both high-speed
backbone and switched fabrics (e.g.,
OpenVPX or ATCA backplane).
Time-triggered messages are strictly
deterministic and have fixed latency,
message order and s-jitter, and can-
not be influenced by asynchronous
network traffic. A TTEthernet switch can
successfully emulate circuit-switching
behavior on top of an asynchronous
packet-switched network.
The system time is created by the
execution of distributed clock syn-
chronization algorithms defined in SAE
AS6802. It is based on continuous
adjustments of local clocks in the sys-
tem, using a two-step approach (see
image).
The TTEthernet timebase is designed
to be resistant against multiple faults
and complicated fault scenarios. This
guarantees continuous system syn-
chronization for time-triggered com-
munication driven by time progression.
All algorithms are formally verified by
aerospace, automotive, and defense
experts.
TTEthernet enables synchronous time-triggered, rate-constrained and best-effort traffic in shared
networks.
Two-step synchronization algorithm
Dataflow Integration and Bandwidth
Partitioning
TTEthernet protocol services establish a
network hypervisor capability via time-
partitioning (TDMA bandwidth partition-
ing). This allows different types of traffic
to reliably operate in a shared Ethernet
network.
TTEthernet services provide robust
isolation of synchronous and asynchro-
nous data streams and help to emulate
physical separation of different distrib-
uted functions with dedicated network
resource.
Finally, this allows seamless integra-
tion of time-triggered communication
and rate- constrained ARINC 664-P7
service on one switch.
ARINC 664-P7 with A/V and Hard
Real-Time
SAE AS6802 (TTEthernet) and ARINC
664-P7 target similar challenges in
avionics design, but use very different
operation principles. Time-triggered
messages are driven by the progression
of time, while ARINC 664-P7 relies on
asynchronous rate-constrained commu-
nication with defined maximum latency.
SAE AS6802 (TTEthernet) communi-
cation complements ARINC 664-P7 with
strictly deterministic behavior. Time-
critical (hard real-time) applications,
audio and video can be easily integrated
into large ARINC 664-P7 networks
using time-triggered messages, without
influencing other distributed functions
integrated in the network.
From the perspective of the ARINC
664-P7 network designer and integrator,
time-triggered (SAE AS6802) messages
can be seen as ARINC 664-P7 mes-
sages with fixed latency and jitter, and
the network design can still rely on best
practices for avionics network design
associated with the ARINC 664-P7 stan-
dard. As an advantage, the designer will
not have any issues with integration and
performance of critical time-triggered
datastreams, which could save months
in program schedule and thus improve
time-to-market.
With ARINC 664-P7 service imple-
mented on a TTEthernet switch, the user
will be able to design complex ARINC
664-P7 networks with synchronous
audio/video streaming and hard real-
time functions and efficiently use avail-
able bandwidth. In addition, TTEthernet
services support design methodologies
which can reduce complexity, enhance
design of system architectures, simplify
software applications, and minimize sys-
tem lifecycle costs.
TTEthernet Applications
TTEthernet is standardized with the
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
and will be released in 2011. Beyond
commercial and defense system appli-
cation, critical energy, industrial and
telecom infrastructure, as well as the
automotive industry, can profit from its
capabilities.
Production programs that plan to use
COTS components compliant with SAE
AS6802 include NASAs Orion space-
craft in the scope of the U.S. human
spaceflight program. Lockheed Martin
works on several advanced integrated
system programs using this technology.
Due to its ARINC 664-P7 capability and
DO-254 Level A compliance, TTEthernet
switch modules are suitable for appli-
cation in commercial aircraft systems,
TTEthernet services as Network Hypervisor: AS6802 service and A664-P7 services can work on one
switch.
and offer an extended set of network-
ing capabilities for time-, mission-, and
safety-critical applications.
Reducing System Complexity
A communication network is an essen-
tial part of a total distributed software
and hardware platform. The platform
influences sharing of computing and
networking resources, helps align oper-
ation of distributed functions, constrains
the number of system states, and mini-
mizes related complexity. The objective
of the platform is to minimize system
integration and application design effort,
and simplify certification, modification,
upgrades, reuse, incremental modern-
ization and obsolescence management.
By providing unambiguous definition
of temporal behavior and key system
interfaces at the network level, time-
triggered services in TTEthernet support
less complex distributed computing and
networking, enhance resource sharing (or
separation) among critical and non-crit-
ical functions, and simplify coordination
of critical functions. With TTEthernet it is
possible to emulate conflict-free shared
system memory via periodic and syn-
chronized global data exchange to guar-
antee high levels of software abstraction.
This minimizes application design effort,
code size, and exposure to transient
faults or unintended system states.
With ARINC 664-P7 services added
to the TTEthernet switch, the designer
has freedom to utilize different types of
QoS and design methodologies using a
shared TTEthernet network infrastruc-
ture.
As a result there is a direct link
between communication network capa-
bilities, related complexity and lower
system lifecycle cost for advanced inte-
grated systems.
COTS-Based System Platforms
and Architectures
System architecture design decisions
are influenced by available network
technologies. For example, the lack of
robust bandwidth partitioning and the
capability to run both hard real-time
controls and less demanding real-time
or soft time functions, either mandates
separation of physical resources and
design of hierarchical architectures
or limits efficient use of computing
resources.
In a case where system integration
allows placement of functions anywhere
in the vehicle or aircraft without impact
on function performance, there are
countless opportunities to design more
efficient systems and architectures.
It is fair to say that TTEthernet capa-
bilities close the gap between federated
and integrated architectures, and rep-
resent a new tool for system architects
utilizing high-bandwidth Ethernet as a
system integration technology of choice.
This simplifies design of advanced
integrated platforms and reconfigurable
architectures based on open COTS
standards.
Deterministic
Networks with
TTP and TTEthernet
DO-254/DO-178B Level A
TTEthernet / TTP
Development systems
Network design tools
End systems - PMC boards
Test equipment
TTEthernet Switches
100 Mbit/s or 1 Gbit/s
IEEE 802.3 compatible
Protocol services on switch:
ARINC 664-P7
SAE AS6802
COTS Components
DO-254 - controllers
DO-160E robust physical layers
DO-178B drivers/middleware
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14 CFR Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations
1090 ES 1090 MHz extended squitter
3D, 4D three- or four-dimensional
3G third generation
3GCN third-generation cabin network
4DT 4-Dimensional Trajectories
4096 Code combinations of four-digit tran sponder
code
A
A ampere(s)
A autotuned navaid
A-BPSK aviation binary phase shift keying
A-QPSK aeronautical quadrature phase shift keying
A-SMGCS advanced surface movement guidance and
control systems
A/B autobrake
A/C aircraft
A/D analog-to-digital
A/FD Airport/Facility Directory
A/G air/ground; air to ground
A/L airline
A/L autoland
A/N alphanumeric
A/P autopilot
A/T autothrottle
A/V aircraft/vehicle
A&P airframe and power plant
AAC aeronautical administration communications
AAC airline administrative communi cations
AAIB Air Accident Investigation Branch
(U.K. equivalent of NTSB)
AAF airway facilities service
AAI Airline Avionics Institute
AAIPT Aging Aircraft Enterprise Team
(Naval Air Systems Command)
AAIU air accident investigation unit
AAL above aerodome level
AALC autonomous approach landing capability
AAMP advanced architecture micro processor
AAR Automated Aerial Refueling
AATD Aviation Applied Technology Directorate
(U.S. Army)
AATT advanced air transportation technology
AAS advanced automation system (FAA)
ABC automatic brightness control
ABCS Army Battle Command System
ABSAA Airborne Sense and Avoid
AC advisory circular
AC alternating current
AC2 Dolby surround
ACAA Air Carrier Association of America
ACAC air-cooled air cooler
ACAMS aircraft condition analysis man agement
system
ACARS aircraft communications addressing and
reporting system
ACAS airborne collision avoidance system
ACC active clearance control
ACC airspace control center
ACC area control center
ACD automatic conflict detection
ACDO Air Carrier District Office
ACE actuator control electronics
ACE advanced certification equipment
ACG Assessment Compliance Group
ACI-NA Airport Council International - North America
ACIPS airfoil cowl ice protection system
ACF area control facility
ACK acknowledgment
ACM adjacent center metering
ACMF airplane condition monitoring function
ACMP alternating current motor pump
ACMS aircraft condition monitoring system
ACNSS advanced communication/navi gation/
surveillance system
ACO Aircraft Certification Office (FAA)
ACP audio control panel
ACS active control system
ACS aerial common sensor
ACS audio control system
ACT active
ACTC airport traffic control towers
ACTD advanced concept technology demonstration
ACU aircraft communications system
ACU antenna control unit
ACU apron control unit
ACU autopilot control unit
AD airworthiness directive (FAA)
ADA Air Defense Artillery
ADAHRS air data attitude heading reference system
ADAS automated weather observing system data
acquisition system
ADB airport database
ADC air data computer
ADC Air Defense Command
ADC analog to digital converter
ADE application development engineer
ADF automatic direction finding
ADG air-driven generator
ADI attitude director indicator
ADIRS air data inertial reference system
ADIRU air data inertial reference unit
ADIZ Air Defense Identification Zone
ADL aeronautical data link
ADLP airborne data link protocol
ADLP aircraft data link processor (Mode S)
ADM air data module
ADMS airline data management system
ADN aircraft data network
ADO airline dispatch office
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AEROSPACE
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ADO airport district office
ADP air driven pump
ADR accumulated Doppler range
ADR accumulated Delta range
ADR address
ADR Advanced Data Research
ADR alternative dispute resolution
ADRAS airplane data recovery and analysis system
ADS air data system
ADS automatic dependent surveillance
ADS-A ADS-addressed
ADS-A ADS-automation
ADS-B ADS-broadcast
ADS-C ADS-contract
ADS-R ADS-rebroadcast
ADSEL address selective
ADSP automatic dependent surveillance panel
ADSSG ADS Study Group (ICAO)
ADSU automatic dependent surveillance unit
ADT air data tester
AEA Aircraft Electronics Association
AEB Aerial Exploitation Battalion
AECU audio electronic control unit
AED automated engineering design
AEDT Aviation Environmental Design Tool
AEE Office of Environment & Energy (FAA)
AEEC formerly Airlines Electronic Engi neering
Committee (ARINC)
AEO all engines operative
AEP ARINC engineering practices
AEP audio entertainment player
AERA automated en route air traffic control
AES aircraft earth station (Inmarsat)
AESA active electronically scanned array
AESS aircraft environment surveillance system
AEW airborne early warning
AEW&C Airborne Early Warning and Control
AF airway facilities
AFB Air Force base
AFC Aeronautical Frequency Committee (AEEC)
AFC automatic frequency compensa tion
AFC automatic frequency control
AFCAS automatic flight control aug mentation system
AFCS automatic flight control system
AFD adaptive flight display
AFD autopilot flight director
AFDC autopilot flight director computer
AFDS autopilot flight director system
AFDX avionics full-duplex switched Ethernet
AFEPS ACARS front-end processing system
AFGCS automatic flight guidance and control system
AFI authority format identifier
AFIRS autonomous flight information
reporting system
AFIS airborne flight information system
AFIS automated flight inspection system
AFM aircraft flight manual
AFMS airplane flight manual supplement
AFMS automatic flight management system
AFN air traffic services facilities notification
AFP Airspace Flow Program
AFRL Air Force Research Lab
AFS additional secondary factors
AFS aeronautical fixed service (ICAO)
AFS automatic flight system
AFSK audio frequency shift keying
AFSS automated flight service stations
AFTN aeronautical fixed telecommuni cations
network
AFTRCC Aerospace and Flight Test Radio
Coordinating Council
AFU artificial feel unit
AGACS automatic A/G communication system
AGAE A/G applications engineering
AGATE Advanced General Aviation Transport
Experiments (NASA)
AGC automatic gain control
AGCOS A/G communication services
AGCS air-ground communication systems
AGCU auxiliary generator control unit
AGD ADS-B guidance display
AGDL A/G data link
AGIS A/G intermediate system
AGL above ground level
AGR A/G router
AGRM air/ground router-regional manager
AGS A/G system
AGSS ACARS ground system standard (AEEC)
AGTS A/G test station
AGVS A/G voice sub-network
AGW ARTS gateway
AHC attitude heading computer
AHMS aircraft health monitoring system
AHRS attitude heading reference system
AI alternative interrogator
AI application interface
AI area incursion
AIA Aerospace Industries Association
AIAA American Institute of Aeronau tics
and Astronautics
AIC aeronautical information circular
AIDC air traffic services interfacility data
communications
AIDS aircraft/airborne integrated data system
AIED aeronautical industry engineer ing and
development
AIEM Airlines International Electronic Meeting (AMC)
AIFSS automated international flight service stations
AIL aileron
AIM aeronautical information management
AIM airmans information manual
AIMS airplane information manage ment
system (Boeing 777)
AIMS airport information management system
AINSC aeronautical industry service communication
AIO analog input/output
AIP aeronautical information publication
AIP Airport Improvement Program
AIP analog input
AIR Aircraft Certification Service (FAA)
AIRAC aeronautical information regula tion and control
AIRCOM digital air/ground communica tions
service (SITA)
AIRE Atlantic Interoperability Initiative to Reduce
Emissions (FAA)
AIRMET airmans meteorological information
AIRO analog input/reference output
AIS aeronautical information service
AIS Automated Identification System (U.S. Army)
AIS automatic information services (Eurocontrol)
AISG Applications Interface Sub-Group (IATA)
AIT Advanced Individual Training (U.S. Army)
AIV accumulator isolation valve
AJPS AFEPS journal processing system
AK authentication key
AKO Army Knowledge Online
AL alarm limit
ALC airline link control
ALC asynchronous link control
ALC automatic level control
ALMDS airborne laser mine detection system
ALPA Air Line Pilots Association
ALPS automatic line protection service
ALS application layer structure
ALSF-2 Approach Lighting System with Sequenced
Flashing Light-Model 2
ALT-HOLD altitude hold mode
ALT airborne link terminal
ALT altitude/alternate
AltBOC alternate binary offset carrier
ALTM altimeter
ALTN alternate
ALTRV altitude reservation
ALTS altitude select
ALU arithmetic and logic unit
AM access module
AM amplitude modulation
AMASS airport movement area safety system
AMC acceptable means of compliance (EASA)
AMC advanced mezzanine card
AMC Air Mobility Command
AMC auxiliary maintenance computer
AMC Avionics Maintenance Conference
AMCP aeronautical mobile communica tions panel
AMD advisory map display
AME amplitude modulation equivalent
AMF Airborne, Maritime and Fixed Station
AMF-M AMF-Maritime
AMF-SA AMF-Small Airborne
AMF JTRS Airborne and Maritime/Fixed Station
Joint Tactical Radio System
AMI airline modifiable information
AML approved model list
AMLCD active matrix liquid crystal display
AMIS aircraft management information system
AMOSS airline maintenance and operation support
system
AMP audio management panel
AMP Avionics Modernization Program
AMPL amplifier
AMRAAM Advanced Medium-Range Air to Air Missile
AMS acquisition management system
AMS apron management service
AMS ARINC maintenance service
AMS avionics management service
AmSAT American satellite
AMSL above mean sea level
AMS(R)S aeronautical mobile satellite (route) service
AMSS aeronautical mobile satellite service
AMTOSS aircraft maintenance task ori ented support
system
AMTS aeronautical message transfer service
AMU ACARS/avionics management unit
AMU audio management unit
AMUX audio multiplexer
ANC Air Navigation Commission (ICAO)
ANDC airport and navigation data compiler
ANFR Agence Nationale des Frequences (France)
ANFS aircraft network and file server
ANICS Alaskan NAS Interfacility Communication
ANLP ARINC network layer protocol
ANP actual navigation performance
ANP air navigation plan/performance
ANPA advanced notice of proposed amendment
ANPE actual navigation performance effect
ANR active noise reduction
ANS air navigation system
ANS ambient noise sensor
ANSI American National Standards Institute
ANSIR advanced navigation system iner tial reference
ANSP air navigation service provider
ANSU avionics network server unit
ANTC advanced networking test center
AO acronymic obfuscation
AO Area of Operation (U.S. Army)
AOA ACARS over aviation VHF link control
AOA angle of arrival
AOA angle of attack
AOAS advanced oceanic automation system
AOC aeronautical operational control
AOC aircraft operational control
AOC Airline Operational Control Center
AOC airline operations center
AOC airport obstruction chart
AOC airport operational communications
AOCC airline operations control center
AODB airport operational database
AODC age of data, clock (GPS)
AODE age of data, ephemeris (GPS)
AOG aircraft on ground
AOHE air/oil heat exchanger
AOM aircraft operating manual
AOP aeronautical OSI profile
AOP airline operational procedure
AOP analog output
AOPA Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
AOR Atlantic Ocean region
AOR area of responsibility
AOR-E Atlantic Ocean region-east
AOR-W Atlantic Ocean region-west
AP airport location (ACARS/AFEPS)
APA Allied Pilots Association
APA autopilot amplifier
APANPIRG Asia/PAC Air Navigation Planning &
Implementation Regional Group
APAS Active/Passive Aircraft Survivability
APB acquisition program baseline
APB auxiliary power breaker
APC aeronautical passenger communication
APC aeronautical public correspondence
APC aircraft power conditioner
APC autopilot computer
APCO Association of Public-Safety Communications
Officials - International
APFA Association of Professional Flight Attendants
APFDS autopilot flight director system
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APEX application/executive software
APEX Airline Passenger Experience Association
(formerly WAEA)
API application programming interface
APIM ARINC Industry Activities Project Initiation/
Modification
APIRS attitude and positioning inertial reference
system
APMS automated performance measurement system
APL Applied Physics Laboratory
APLC airport performance laptop computers
APM approach path monitor
APN ARINC packet network
APP approach control
APPR approach
APR actual performance reserve
APRL ATN profile requirement list
APU auxiliary power unit
APUC auxiliary power unit controller
APX application/executive software
AQF avionics qualification facility
AQP avionics qualification procedure/program
AQP advanced qualification program
AQS advanced quality system
AR authorization required
ARB arbitrary waveform generator
ARC aviation rulemaking committee (FAA)
ARD advanced requirement definition
ARDEP analysis of research & develop ment in
Eurocontrol programs
ARF airline risk factor
ARFORGEN Army Force Generation
ARM area regional manager
ARMC area regional maintenance center
ARMS Airspace resource management system
ARNS aeronautical radio navigation services
ARP aerospace recommended practice
ARP airport reference point
ARP antenna reference point
ARTAS ATM surveillance tracker and server
ARTCC air route traffic control center
ARTP NextGen Aviation Research and Technology Park
ARTS automated radar terminal system
ASA aircraft surveillance applications
ASAS aircraft separation assurance system (AEEC)
ASAS aircraft surveillance application system
ASAS aviation safety analysis system
ASC aircraft system controller
ASC aural synthesizer card
ASCII American standard code for information
interchange
ASCB avionics standard communication bus
ASCPC air supply and cabin pressure controllers
ASCS air supply control system
ASCU anti-skid control unit
ASD aircraft situation display
ASDAR aircraft-to-satellite data relay
ASDB aircraft specific database
ASDE airport surface detection equipment
ASDE-3 airport surface detection equipment, model 3
ASDE-X airport surface detection equipment, model X
ASDI Aircraft Situation Display to Industry
ASDL aeronautical satellite data link
ASDR airport surface detection radar
ASE aircraft survivability equipment (U.S. Army)
ASE altimetry system error
ASECNA Agency for Security of Aerial Nav igation in Africa
and Madagascar
ASG ARINC signal gateway
ASI airspeed indicator
ASI avionics system integration
ASIAS Aviation Safety Information Analysis and
Sharing (FAA)
ASIC application specific integrated circuit
ASL above sea level
ASM airspace management
ASM autothrottle servo motor
ASME American Society of Mechani cal Engineers
ASOR Allocating Safety Objectives and Requirements
ASOS automated surface observa tion system
ASP ACARS sub-network protocol
ASP acquisition strategy paper
ASP aeronautical fixed service sys tems
planning (AFS)
ASP Airspace Systems Program (NASA)
ASP altitude set panel
ASP arrival sequencing program
ASPIRE Asia and Pacific Initiative to Reduce Emissions
ASPP application specific program mable processor
ASR airport surveillance radar
ASRAAM advanced short range air-to-air missile
ASRS aviation safety reporting system
ASSA Airport Surface Situational Awareness
ASSTC aerospace simulation and sys tems test center
ASSV alternate source selection valve
ASTA airport surface traffic automation
ASTAMIDS Airborne Standoff Minefield Detection System
ASTERIX All-Purpose Structured Euro control Surveillance
Information Exchange
ASTF airspace system task force
ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials
ASTOR Airborne Stand-Off Radar (U.K.)
ASVI avionics serial video interface
ASV alternate servo valve
AT air transport
AT at an altitude
ATA actual time of arrival
ATA Air Transport Association
ATAS aviation traffic and application software
ATC advanced technology center
ATC air traffic control
ATCA Air Traffic Control Association
ATCBI ATC beacon interrogator
ATCC area and terminal control center
ATCRBS ATC radar beacon system
ATCSS ATC signaling system
ATCT air traffic control tower
ATIS airport traffic information system
ATIS automated terminal informa tion service
ATIS-B automatic terminal information service-broadcast
ATDL air transport data link
ATE automatic test equipment
ATE avionics test and evaluation
ATFM air traffic flow management
ATG advanced concept technology demonstration
ATHR autothrust system
ATI airborne tracker illuminator
ATIDS airport surface target identifi cation system/
service
ATIS airport traffic information system
ATIS automatic terminal information service
ATL autothrottle limit
ATLAS abbreviated test language for avionics
systems
ATM air traffic management
ATM asynchronous transfer mode
ATMAC Air Traffic Management Committee (RTCA)
ATMAS ATM automation system
ATMB Air Traffic Management Bureau (China)
ATM DSS ATM decision support service
ATMS area navigation, test and man agement
services
ATN aeronautical telecommunica tion network
ATNE ATN engineering
ATNP ATN panel
ATO air traffic operations
ATO Air Traffic Organization (FAA)
ATOL automatic take-off and landing
ATOP advanced technologies and oce anic
procedures
ATP acceptance test procedure/plan
ATPAC Air Traffic Procedures Advisory
Committee (FAA)
ATR acceptance test report
ATR air transport racking
ATR air transport radio: ARINC form-factor/
standard case dimensions
ATS air traffic services
ATS air turbine starter
ATS autothrottle system
ATS air traffic service
ATSAP Air Traffic Safety Action Program (FAA)
ATSAW Airborne Traffic Situational Awareness
ATSC air traffic services communication
AT/SC autothrottle/speed control
ATSGF air traffic services geographic filter
ATSMP air traffic services message pro cessor
ATSO air traffic services organization
ATSP air traffic services provider
ATSRAC Aging Transport Systems Rule making
Advisory Committee (U.S.)
ATSU air traffic services unit
ATWR apron tower (and operator)
AUSRIRE All Union Scientific Research Institute of
Radio Equipment: CIS (former Soviet) agency
AUX auxiliary
AVC aviation VHF car rental availability
(messages)
AVH aviation VHF hotel availability (messages)
AVIM Aviation Intermediate Level Maintenance
(U.S. Army)
AVL automated vehicle locations
AVLAN avionics local area network
AVLC aviation VHF link control
AVM airborne vibration monitor
AVS aviation VHF seat availability
AVOD audio and video channels on demand
AVOL aerodrome visibility operational level
AVPAC aviation VHF packet communications
AVS aviation VHF seat availability (messages)
AVUM Aviation Unit-Level Maintenance (U.S. Army)
AWACS airborne warning and control sys tem
AWAS automated weather advisory sta tion
AWG American wire gauge
AWIN advanced weather information system
AWIN aviation weather information
AWIPS advanced weather interactive processing
system
AWLU aircraft wireless LAN unit
AWM auto warning mixer
AWO all weather operations
AWOP AWO panel
AWOS automated/airport weather observing system
AWR aviation weather research
AZ azimuth: angular measurement in horizontal
plane
B
B-NAV basic area navigation
BAMS Broad Area Maritime Surveillance
BBML broadband multi-link
BCD binary code decimal
BCT Brigade Combat Team (U.S. Army)
BCTM Brigade Combat Team Modernization (U.S. Army)
BDA battle damage assessment
BDA bomb damage assessment
BDMIS business data management and invoicing
system
BDRVT Bi-Diretional Remote Video Terminal
BDS comm-B designation subfield
BEA Bureau dEnquetes Accidents (French
equivalent of NTSB)
BEBS best-equipped/best-served
BEP back-end processor
BEPMS BEP management system
BER bit error rate
BFE buyer furnished equipment
BFO beat frequency oscillator
BFS broadband fiber source
BFT Blue Force Tracking
BGARS basic general aviation research simulator
BGI bus grant inhibit
BGP border gateway protocol
BI burn-in
Bi-SC Bi-Strategic Command
BiG bilingual ground station (ACARS and VDL
Mode 2)
BIH Bureau lInternational de lHeure
BIS boundary intermediate system
BISMS BIS management system
BIST built-in self-test
BiSync binary synchronous control
BIT built-in test
Bit binary digit
BITE built-in test equipment
BIU bus interface unit
BLK block/black
BLI budget line item
BLOS beyond line of sight
BMV brake metering valve
BNR binary
BNR binary numerical representation
BNS boundary notification system (squitters)
BOC binary offset carrier
BOC bottom of climb
BOP/COP bit-oriented protocol/character-oriented
protocol
BP bite processor
BPCU bus power control unit
BPL broadband over powerlines
BPS bits per second
BPSK binary phase shift keying
BR basic regulation
BR bridge
BRG bearing
BRI basic rate interface
BRNAV basic area navigation
BRT brightness
BSG baseband signal generator
BSN backbone sub-network
BSC binary synchronous communication
BSCU brake system control unit
BSP board support package
BSU beam steering unit
BSU bypass switch unit
BTB bus tie breaker
BTMU brake temperature monitor unit
BU backup
BUEC BU emergency communications
BUFR binary universal form for commu nication
representation
BW bandwidth
BWAN BU wide area network
Byte a grouping of eight bits
C
C2 command and control
C3 command, control and communication
C41 command, control, communica tions,
computers & intelligence
C4ISR command, control, communica tions,
computers, intelligence, surveillance and
reconnaissance
C-MANPADS Counter-Man Portable Air Defense System
C/A code course acquisition code (GPS)
C/NO carrier-to-noise density ratio
C/R command/response
C/SOIT communications/surveillance operational
implementation team
C/UT code/unit test
C&C command and control
C&W control and warning
CA conflict alert
CAA Cargo Airline Association
CAA Civil Aviation Administration
CAA Civil Aviation Authority
CAAC Civil Aviation Administration of China
CAAFI Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative
(FAA)
CAAS common avionics architecture system
CAASD Center for Advanced Aviation System
Development (MITRE Corp.)
CAB Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB combat aviation brigade (U.S. Army)
CAC caution advisory computer
CACP cabin area control panel
CAD computer-aided design
CADC central air data computer
CADS centralized automatic dependent surveillance
CAE component application engineer
CAGE commercial avionics GPS engine
CAH cabin attendant handsets
CAI caution annunciator indicator
CALSEL variation of SELCAL system
CAM computer-aided manufacturing
CAN controller area network
CANbus control area network
CANSO Civil Air Navigation Services Organization
CAOC Combined Air Operations Center
CAP Civil Air Patrol (U.S.)
CAP Collaborative Arrival Planning
CAPA Coalition of Airline Pilots Associations
CAPS commercial airliner protection system
CARE cooperative actions on R&D in Eurocontrol
CARTS Common Automated Radar Terminal System
CAS CDTI assisted separation
CAS close air support
CAS collision avoidance system
CAS commercially available software
CAS computed airspeed
CASA Civil Aviation Safety Authority
CASA controller automated spacing aid
CASCADE Co-operative ATS (Air Traffic Services) through
Surveillance and Communication Applications
Deployed in ECAC (European Civil Aviation
Conference)
CASE computer-aided software engineering
CASR Civil Aviation Safety Regulations
CASS Consolidated Automated Support System
CAT categories (I, II, IIIa/b/c) approach
CAT clear air turbulence
CAT computer aided testing
CATEX categorical exclusion
CATM Collaborative Air Traffic Management
CATMT Collaborative Air Traffic Management
Technologies
CAVS CDTI assisted visual separation
CBA cost/benefit analysis
CBM condition based maintenance
CBP Customs and Border Patrol (U.S.)
CBRNE chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear high
yield explosives (U.S. Army)
CBT computer-based training
CC connection confirm
CCA circuit card assembly
CCB configuration control board
CCB converter circuit breaker
CCD category class diagram
CCD charged coupled device
CCD coherent change detection
CCD cursor control device
CCIR International Radio Consultative Committee
CCITT Consultative Committee Interna tional Telephone
and Telegraph
CCP consolidated control panel
CCS cabin communication system
CCS common core system
CCSD common constraint situation display
CCTV closed-circuit television
CD carrier detect
CD chrominance difference
CDA continuous descent approach
CDA coordinating design authority
CDAM centralized data acquisition module
CDAM common data acquisition module
CDG configuration database generator
CDI course deviation indicator
CDM collaborative decision-making
CDMS CDM system
CDMS control and data management system
CDP continuous data program
CDQM collaborative departure queue management
CDR critical design review
CDS central dispatch system
CDS cockpit display systems
CDS common display system
CDSS cockpit door surveillance system
CDT controlled departure time
CDTI cockpit display of traffic information
CDU control display unit
CDV compressed digital video
CEC cooperative engagement capability
CEI cabin equipment interfaces
CENTCOM U.S. Central Command
CENTRIXS Combined Enterprise Regional Exchange
System
CEP circular error probable
CEQ Council on Environmental Quality
CF certification
CF change field
CFDIU centralized fault display interface unit
CFDS central fault display system
CFDU configurable file data unit
CFIT controlled flight into terrain
CFM cubic feet per minute
CFM configuration management
CFMU central flow management unit
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
CFS cabin file server
CG center of gravity
CHAIN Compartmented High Assurance Information
Network
CHI computer/human interface
CHIS center hydraulic isolation system
CI configuration item
CI cabin interphone
CID category interaction diagram
CIDIN common ICAO data interchange network
CIDS cabin interphone distribution system
CIE Commission Internationale de IEclairage
CIGS copper-indium-gallium-diselenide
CIP capital investment plan
CIP convergence & implementation program
(Eurocontrol)
CIS common information services
CIS corporate information system
CLEEN Continuous Lower Energy, Emissions and Noise
Program (FAA)
CLNP connectionless network protocol
CLNS connectionless network service
CLTP connectionless mode transport protocol
CM context/configuration management
CMC central maintenance computer
CMCF CMC function
CMCS CMC system
CMD command
CMF common message format
CMGT contract management
CMM capability maturity model
CMM common mode monitor
CMM component maintenance manual
CMN control motion noise
CMOS complementary metal oxide semiconductor
CMP configuration management plan
CMS cabin management system
CMU communication management unit
CND can not duplicate
CNDB customized navigation database
CNES Centre National dEtudes Spatiales (France)
CNG 2020+ carbon neutral growth from 2020 and
beyond (AIA)
CNI communications, navigation and identification
CNP communications/navigation/pulse
CNR customer notification reports
CNS communication, navigation surveillance
CNS/ATM communications, navigation, sur veillance/air
traffic management
CNSI communications/navigation/surveillance/
identification
CNUS cabin network server unit
COA certificate of authorization
COCOM combatant commander (U.S. Army)
CODEC coder/decoder
CofA certificate of airworthiness
COM cockpit operating manual
COMINT communications intelligence
COMINT/DF COMINT direction finding
COMM communications
COM/MET/OPS communications/meteorological/
operations
CON continuous
CONEMP concept of employment (U.S. Army)
CONOPS concept of operations
CONUS continental United States
CONUSE concept of use
COP character-oriented protocol
COP common operating picture (U.S. Army)
COTP connection-oriented transport protocol
COTR contracting officers technical representative
COTS commercial-off-the-shelf
CP central processor
CP conflict probe
CP control panel
CPA closest point of approach
CPA collision prediction and alerting
CPC cabin pressure controller
CPC controller-pilot communications
CPC cursor position control
CPCI computer program configuration item
CPCS cabin pressure control system
CPDLC controller-pilot data link commu nications
CPE circular position error
CPI continuous process improvement
CPM core processing module
CPM critical path method
CPR compact position reporting
CPS cabin pressure sensor
CPS central processing system
CPU central processing unit
CR change of request
CR connection request
CR contrast ratio
CRA conflict resolution advisory
CRAF Civil Reserve Air Fleet
CRC cyclic redundancy checking/code
CRD Concepts and Requirements Directorate
(U.S. Army)
CRD current routing domain
CRADA cooperative research and devel opment
agreement
CRDA converging runway display aid
CRM crew/cockpit resource management
CRPA controlled reception pattern antenna
CRS Congressional Research Service (U.S.)
CRISD computer resources integrated support
document
CRISTAL CoopeRative Validation of Surveil lance
Techniques and Applications (Eurocontrol)
CRM collision risk model
CRM crew resource management
CRMA code reuse multiple access
CRR cutover readiness review
CRS course
CRT cathode ray tube
CRTC combat readiness training center
CRZ cruise
CS commercial service
CS common service
CS control station
CSC cargo system controller
CSC common signaling channel
CSC computer software component
CSCI computer software configuration item
CSD Coalition Shared Databases (U.S. Army)
CSF command/status frame
CSMA carrier sense multiple access
CSMA/CD carrier sense multiple access with collision
detection
CSCP cabin system control panel
CSDB commercial standard data bus
CSDS cargo smoke detector system
CSEU control systems electronics unit
CSMM crash survivable memory modules
CSMU cabin system management unit
CSP Common Sensor Payload
CSPA closely spaced parallel approach
CSPO closely spaced parallel operations
CSPR closely spaced parallel runways
CSS cabin systems subcommittee (ARINC)
CSTAC Commercial Space Transportation Advisory
Committee
CSU channel service unit
CSU computer software unit
CSU configuration strapping unit
CTA control area
CTA controlled time of arrival
CTAF common traffic advisory frequency
CTAI cowl thermal anti-icing
CTAS center TRACON automation system
CTC cabin temperature controller
CTC combat training centers (U.S. Army)
CTD cabin training device
CTL control
CTMO centralized air traffic flow man agement
organization
CTOL conventional takeoff and landing
CTR center
CTR control zone
CTRD configuration test requirements document
CTRL control
CTS clear to send
CTS conformance test suite
CTS/TCTS combat training system/tactical combat
training system
CTU cabin telecommunications unit
CU channel utilization
CU combiner unit (HUD)
CU control unit
CUG closed user group
CUTE common use terminal equipment
CV/DFDR cockpit voice and digital flight data recorder
CVR cockpit voice recorder
CVRCP cockpit voice recorder control panel
CW clockwise
CW continuous wave
CWI continuous wave interference
CWID Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration
CWP central weather processor
CWP controller/ed working position
CWS control wheel steering
CY calendar year
D
D8PSK differential 8-phase-shift keying
D-ATIS digital automatic terminal information service
D-OTIS data link operational terminal service
D-TAXI data link taxi clearance delivery
D-TOC digital transfer of communications
DA descent advisor
DA design authority
DA design altitude
DA digital-to-analog
DABS discrete addressable beacon system
DAC digital-to-analog converters
DADC digital air data computer
DADS digital air data system
DAE defense acquisition executive (U.S. Army)
DA(H) design altitude (height)
DAISS digital airborne intercommunica tion switching
system
DAP digital service access product
DAP direct action penetration
DAP downlink aircraft parameter
DAP download of aircraft parameter
DAR data access recorder
DARC direct access radar channel
DARP dynamic aircraft route planning
DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency (U.S.)
DAS designated alteration station
DAS digital audio subcommittee
DAS distributed aperture system
DASS defensive aids sub-system
DB database
dB decibel
dBA dB adjusted
DBI downlink block identifier
dBI dB referenced to an isotropic antenna
dBI decibels above isotopic circular
dBM dB below 1 milliwatt
DBS direct broadcast satellite
DBU database unit
DBU dial backup
dBW dB-watts or referenced to 1 watt
DC data communications
DC direct current
DC disconnect confirm
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DCAS digital control audio system
DCD double channel duplex
DCE data communications equipment
DCGF data conversion gateway function
DCL departure clearance (European)
DCM digital coherent mute
DCMF data communication management function
DCMS data communication management system
DCN document/drawing/design change notice
DCP data communication process
DCP display control panel
DCS double channel simplex
DCU data concentration unit
DCV directional control valve
DD data delivery
DD data distribution
DDA digital differential analyzer
DDD dual disk drive
DDL digital data link
DDM difference in depth of modulation
DDP declarations of design and performance
DDR draft document review
DDR double data rate
DDRMI digital distance radio magnetic indicator
DDS direct digital synthesizer
DDT downlink data transfer
DDU data distribution unit
DER designated engineering representative
DERA Defense Research and Evaluation Agency (U.K.)
DEU display electronics unit
DF direction finding
DFA direction finding antenna
DFCS digital flight control system
DFDAF digital flight data acquisition function
DFDAMU digital flight data acquisition management unit
DFDAU digital flight data acquisition unit
DFDR digital flight data recorder
DFDU digital flight data unit
DFGC digital flight guidance computer
DFGS digital flight guidance system
DFIDU dual function interactive display unit
DFIU digital flight instrument unit
DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH (Germany)
DFS digital frequency select
DfT Department for Transport (U.K.)
DFU digital function unit
DG directional gyro
DGNSS differential global navigation sat ellite system
DGPS differential global positioning system
DH decision height
DHCP dynamic host configuration protocol
DHS Department of Homeland Security
DI data interrupt
DIFAX digital facsimile
DIGNU deeply integrated guidance and navigation unit
DIP data interrupt program
DIP dual in-line package
DIR director
DIRCM direct infrared countermeasures
DIR/INTC direct intercept
DISA Defense Information Systems Agency (U.S.)
DISC disconnect
DISCH discharge
DIST distance
DITS data information transfer system
DL data link
DLAP data link application processor
DLC data link control
DLCI data link control identifier
DLE data link entity
DLK data link
DLL data link layer
DLM data link management unit
DLME data link and message engineering
DL/MSU data loader/mass storage unit
DLNA diplexer/low-noise amplifier
DLORT data link operational requirements team
DLP data link processor
DLS data link service/system
DLU download unit
DM disconnected mode
DMA direct memory access
DMD digital memory device
DME distance measuring equipment
DME/N DME normal
DME/P DME precision
DMM data memory module
DMS data link management system
DMS debris monitoring sensor
DMU data management unit
DoD Department of Defense (U.S.)
DoT Department of Transportation (U.S.)
DOTS dynamic ocean tracking system
DPI dots per inch
DPR dual port RAM
DPSK differential phase shift keying
DR dead reckoning
DR deduced reckoning
DRAM dynamic random access memory
DRER designated radio engineering
representative (FAA)
DRN document release notice
DRVSM domestic reduced vertical separation minimum
DSAD digital service access device
DSARC defense system acquisition review cycle
DSB double side band
DSB-AM DSB-amplitude modulation
DSDU data signal display unit
DSF display system function
DSP data link service provider
DSP departure sequencing program
DSP digital signal processor
DSP display select panel
DSP domain specific part
DSPDRV display driver
DSR display system replacement
DSS decision support services
DST decision support tool
DSU data signaling unit
DT&E development test and evaluation
DTD data terminal display
DTD document type definition
DTE data terminal equipment
DTED digital terrain evaluation data
DTG distance-to-go
DTM demonstration test milestone
DTMF dual tone multifrequency (telephone)
DTP distributed targeting processor
DTPDU data protocol data unit
DTRS data transceiver router server
DTS digital theater systems
DTU data transfer unit
DU display unit
DUAT direct user access terminal
DUATS direct user access terminal system
DUST dual-use science and technology
DVF demonstration and validation facility
DVM digital voltmeter
DVMC digital video map computer
DVOR Doppler VHF omnidirectional range
DVRS digital voice recorder system
DWAN direct wide area network
E
E-PIREPS electronic pilot reports
E/D end-of-descent
E/O engine-out
E&E electronics and equipment
EA electronic attack
EA enterprise architecture
EA environmental assessment
EAA Experimental Aircraft Association
EACARS enhanced ACARS
EAD engine alert display
EAD European AIS database (Eurocontrol)
EADI electronic attitude director indicator
EADS European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co.
EAFR enhanced airborne flight recorder
EAI engine anti-ice
EAL evaluation assurance level
EAL-7 evaluation assurance level-7
EANPG European Air Navigation Planning Group
EAP engine alert processor
EAROM electrically alterable read-only memory
EARTS en route automated radar tracking system
EAS equivalent airspeed
EASA European Aviation Safety Agency
EASIE enhanced ATM and Mode S implementation in
Europe
EATCHIP European air traffic control har monization &
integration program
EATMS European ATM System (Eurocontrol)
EATRADA European ATM Research and Development
Association
EBR extended bit rate
EC European Commission
ECAC European Civil Aviation Conference
ECAM electronic caution alert module
ECC error correcting code
ECEF earth-centered, earth-fixed
ECJ European Court of Justice
ECL emitter coupler logic
eCM equipment conditioning monitoring
ECMP electronic component manage ment system
ECN engineering change notice
ECO engineering change order
ECP EICAS control panel
ECP engineering change proposal
ECS engineering compiler system
ECS environmental control system
ECS event criterion subfield
ECSL left environmental control system card
ECSMC environmental control system
miscellaneous card
ECSR right environmental control system card
ECU electronic control unit
ED EICAS display
EDA electronic design automation
EDAC error detection and correction
EDARC enhanced direct access radar channel
EDC error detection and correction
EDDS electronic document distribution service
EDI electronic data interchange
EDI engine data interface
EDIF engine data interface function
EDIS emergency digital information service
EDIU engine data interface unit
EDMS electronic data management system
EDP electronic data processing
EDP engineering development pallet
EDP engine driven pump
EDS embedded diagnostic system
EDS explosive detection system
EDU electronic display unit
EE electrical engineer
EE electronics equipment
EEAS enhanced en-route automation system
EEC electronic engine control
EEC Eurocontrol Experimental Center
EEPROM electrical erasable programmable ROM
EEU electrical load management system
electronics unit
EFB electronic flight bag
EFC expected further clearance
EFD electronic flight display
EFDP European flight data processing (Eurocontrol)
EFIC electronic flight instrument controller
EFIP electronic flight instrument processor
EFIS electronic flight instrument system
EFIS CP EFIS control panel
EFVS enhanced flight vision system
EGI embedded GPS/INS
EGIHO expedited ground-initiated handoff
EGNOS European Geostationary Overlay System
EGP exterior gateway protocol
EGPWS enhanced ground proximity warning system
EGT exhaust gas temperature
EHF extremely high frequency
EHSI electronic horizontal situation indicator
EHV electro-hydraulic valve
EIA Electrical Institute of America
EIA Electronic Industries Association
EICAS engine indication and crew alert system
EICASC EICAS controls
EIPI extended initial protocol identifier
EIRP earth incident radiated power
EIRP effective isotropic radiation power
EIS electronic instrument system
EIS engine indication system
EIS environmental impact statement
EISA extended industry standard architecture
EIU electronic interface unit
ELB electronic logbook
ELEC electrical
ELM extended length message
ELMS electrical load management system
eLORAN enhanced long range aid to navigation
ELOS equivalent level of safety (U.S. Army)
ELS electronic library system
ELT emergency locator transmitter
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EM element manager
EMATS endurance management air traffic system
EMC electromagnetic compatibility
EMC entertainment multiplexer controller
EMD engineering, manufacturing and development
EMER emergency
EMI electromagnetic interference
EMP electro magnetic pulse
EMS emergency medical services
EMS engine management system
EMS environmental management system
EMU expansion module unit
ENG engine
ENOC engineering network operations center
EO/IR electro-optic/infrared
EOC emergency operations center (U.S. Army)
EOD end of day
EO DAS electro-optical distributed aper ture system
EOLA European pre-operational data link applications
EOM end of message
EOT end of text
EOTS electro-optical targeting system
EP engineering project
EP external power
EPC engineering project contractor
EPCS engine propulsion control system
EPLD electronically programmable logic device
EPLRS enhanced position location and reporting system
EPR engine pressure ratio
EPR environmental protection requirements (Europe)
EPROM erasable programmable ROM
EPS electrical power system
EPU estimated position uncertainty
EPV end-point voltage
EQTG electronic qualification test guide
ERA Environmentally Responsible Aviation
program (AIA)
ERAM En Route Automation Moderniza tion
ERAST environment research aircraft and sensor
technology
ERB Engineering Review Board
ERD end routing domain
ERMP extended range multi purpose
EROPS extended range operations
ERP effective radiation power
ERP eye reference point
ERPDU error protocol data unit
ERP PDU echo replay protocol data unit
ERQ PDU echo request protocol data unit
ERU engine replay unit
ES end system
ES extended squitter
ESA European Space Agency
ESAI electronic standby attitude indicator
ESAS electronic situation awareness system
ESAS enhanced situational awareness system
ESD electrostatic discharge
ESDS electrostatic discharge and soldering
ESH end system hello
ESID engine and system indication display
ESIS electronic standby instrument system
ESIS engine and system indication system
ESM electronic support measures
ESOIC enhanced small-outline IC
ESR equivalent-series resistance
ESS electronic switching system
ESS environmental stress screening
ESSD electrostatic sensitive devices
ESU environmental sensor unit
ETA estimated time of arrival
ETAS enhanced TRACON/tower auto mation system
ETB end of block (ASCII/IA5 character)
ETB engineering test bed
ETC estimated time of completion
ETD estimated time of departure
ETE estimated time enroute
ETI elapsed time indicator
ETM elapsed time measurement
ETM electronic training manuals
ETMS engine-trend monitoring services
ETMS enhanced traffic management system
ETNO European Telecommunications Network
Operators
ETOPS extended operations
ETOPS extended twin-engine operations
ETP equal time point (halfway there, by time)
ETRC expected taxi ramp clearances
ETS Emission Trading Scheme
ETVS enhanced terminal voice switch
ETX end of transmission
EU electronic unit
EU European Union
EUAFS enhanced upper air forecast system
EUPS external uninterruptible power supply
EURATN European ATN
EURET European research on transport systems
EUROCAE European Organization for Civil Aviation
Equipment (European equivalent of RTCA)
EUROCONTROL European Organization for the Safety
of Air Navigation
EV earned value
EVM error vector magnitude
EVS enhanced vision system
EW electronic warfare
EWIS electrical wiring interconnection system
EZAP enhanced zonal analysis procedures
F
F Fahrenheit
F/O first officer
F&E facilities and equipment
FA final approach
FAA Federal Aviation Administration (U.S.)
FAA/EURO FAA/Eurocontrol R&D committee
FAATC FAA Technical Center
FAB functional airspace blocks
FAB-T family of advanced beyond-line-of-sight
terminals
FAC Federal Advisory Committee
FAC final approach course
FAC flight augmentation computer
FACT future airport capability task
FADEC full authority digital engine/elec tronic control
FAF final approach fix
FAI first article inspection
FAMIS full aircraft management/inertial system
FANS Future Air Navigation System (ICAO)
FAR federal acquisition regulation
FAR federal aviation regulation
FAROA Final Approach Runway Occupancy Awareness
FAS final approach segment
FAST final approach spacing tool
FAT factory acceptance test
FBCB2 Force XXI Battle Command Bri gade and Below
FBL fly by light
FBN fly by night
FBO fixed-base operator
FBW fly by wire
FC functional capability
FC foot candles
FC-AV Fibre Channel-Audio Video
FCA functional configuration audit
FCC Federal Communications Com mission (U.S.)
FCC flight control computer
FCDC flight critical direct current
FCL flight crew licensing (EASA)
FCM future concepts for maintenance
FCMA FANS Central Monitoring Agency
FCP flight control panel
FCP flight control processor
FCS flight control system
FCS frame check sequence
FCS Future Combat Systems
FCS future concepts for simulators
FD fault detection
FD flight dynamics/director
FD final data
FDAF flight data acquisition function
FDAU flight data acquisitions unit
FDB flight plan data bank
FDDI fiber distribution data interface
FDE fault detection and exclusion
FDEP flight data entry panel
FDH flight deck handset
FDI fault detection and isolation
FDIMU flight data interface management unit
FDIO flight data input/output
FDM flight data monitoring
FDM frequency division multiplex
FDMA frequency division multiple access
FDMS flight deck merging and spacing
FDPS flight data processing system
FDR flight data recorder
FDRS flight data recorder system
FDP flight data processor
FEATS Future European Air Traffic System
FEC forward error correction
FEP front-end processor
FERNS Far East Radio Navigation Service
FF fuel flow
FFS full flight simulator
FFT full flight trainer
FGC flight guidance computer
FGS flight guidance system
FHA functional hazard assessment
FIAO flight inspection area office
FIB forwarding information base
FIFO first in, first out
FIM fault isolation manual
FIR flight information region
FIS flight information services
FIS-B FIS-broadcast
FIX position in space usually on aircrafts flight plan
FL flight level
FL foot lampert
FLCH flight level change
FLEX flexibility in the terminal environment
FLIR forward-looking infrared
FLTCK flight check
FltWinds flight and weather information and decision
support
FLW forward-looking windshear radar
FM frequency modulation
FMA flight mode annunciator
FMAC Frequency Management Advisory Council
FMC flight management control/computer
FMC field programmable gate array mezzanine card
FMC future concepts for maintenance
FMCDU flight management control and display unit
FMCF flight management computer function
FMCS flight management computer system
FMCW frequency-modulated continuous wave
FMEA failure mode and effects analysis
FMF flight management function
FMGC flight management guidance computer
FMGEC flight management guidance envelope com-
puter
FMP flight mode panel
FMS flight management system
FMS full mission simulator
FMS-ATM Flight Management System-Air Traffic
Management
FMSG Frequency Management Study Group (ICAO)
FMST flight management system trainer
FMU fuel metering unit
FMV full motion video
FNPRM further notice of proposed rulemaking
FOC flight operations center
FOC full operational capability
FOC fuel/oil cooler
FOD foreign object debris
FODA flight operations data assurance
FOG fiber optic gyro
FONSI finding no significant (environmental) impact
FOQA flight operational quality assurance
FOS fiber optics subcommittee (AEEC)
FOSA flight operator surface application
FOV field of view
FOWG Fiber Optics Working Group (Naval Air
Systems Command)
FPA flight path angle
FPA focal plane array
FPAC flight path acceleration
FPC flight profile comparator
FPGA field programmable gate array
FPM feet per minute
FPV flight path vector
FQIS fuel quality indicating system
FQPU fuel quality processor unit
FQR formal qualification review
FR frame relay
FRA flap retraction altitude
FRAD frame relay access device
FRCS flight recorder configuration standard
FRED flight recorder electronic documentation
FRM fault reporting manual
FRM flammability reduction means
FRM frame reject mode
FRMR frame reject
FRP Federal Radionavigation Plan (U.S.)
FRPA fixed reception pattern antenna
FRQ frequency
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FSAS flight service automation system
FSDO Flight Standards District Office (FAA)
FSE FANS systems engineering
FSE field service engineer
FSEMC Flight Simulator Engineering and Maintenance
Conference
FSEU flap slat electronics unit
FSF Flight Safety Foundation
FSM flight schedule monitoring
FSR field service representative
FSS flight service station
FSWE FANS software engineering
FT functional test
FT/ADIRS fault tolerant/air data inertial reference system
FTE flight technical error
FTK freight tonne kilometers
FTP file transfer protocol
FTPP fault tolerant power panel
FTS Federal Telecommunications System
FUE first unit equipped (U.S. Army)
FUSE family of unmanned systems experiments
(U.S. Army)
FVHF future VHF system study (Eurocontrol)
FW failure warning
FWC flight warning computer
FWD forward
FWS flight warning system
G
G/A ground/air or ground-to-air
G/G ground/ground
G/S glide slope
GA general aviation
GA go-around
GAAS gallium arsenide
GACS genetic ATN communications service
GAGAN geostationary augmentation network
GAIN galley inserts
GAIT ground-based augmentation and integrity
technique
GAMA General Aviation Manufacturers Association
GAN global area network
GAO Government Accountability Office (U.S.)
GATM global air traffic management
GAViS general aviation vision system
GBAS ground-based augmentation system
GBSAA ground-based sense and avoid
GBST ground-based software tool
GBT ground-based transceiver
Gbyte gigabyte (billion bytes)
GCA ground-controlled approach
GCAS ground collision avoidance system
GCB generator circuit breaker
GCC ground cluster controller (ACARS)
GCP glare-shield control panel
GCS ground clutter suppression
GCS ground control station
GCU generator control unit
GDLP ground data link processor
GDOP geometric dilution of precision
GDP ground delay program
GENOT general notice
GEO geosynchronous/geostationary earth orbit
GEP ground entry point
GES ground earth station
GFE government furnished equipment
GFI general format identifier
GFLOPS gigaflops
GFSK Gaussian frequency shift keying
GG graphics generator
GGR G/G router
GGS GPS ground station
GGTFM ground-ground traffic flow man agement
GH ground handling
GHG greenhouse gas
GHz gigahertz
GI group identifier
GIB global navigation satellite system integrity
broadcast
GIC global navigation satellite system integrity
channel
GIC GPS integrity channel
GIG Global Information Grid
GIG-BE GIG-Band Expansion
GICB ground-initiated comm-B
GIHO ground initiated handoff
GINS GPS-inertial navigation systems
GIOVE-A Galileo In-Orbit Validation Experiment-A
GIP government-industry partnership
GIS geodetic information system
GIS geographic information system
GIS graphical information system
GIVE grid inospheric vertical error
GJU Galileo joint undertaking
GL ground location (ACARS/AFEPS)
GL group length
GLC geographic locator codes
GLNS GPS landing and navigation system
GLONASS Global Navigation Satellite System (Russia)
GLS GNSS landing system
GLS GPS landing system
GLU GPS landing unit
GM guidance material
GMC ground movement control
GMDS ground mobile data service
GMR giant magnetoresistive
GMT Greenwich mean time
GMTI ground moving target indicator
GMU GPS monitoring unit
GNA global network architecture
GNE gross navigational error
GNR global navigation receiver
GNSS global navigation satellite system
GNSSP GNSS Panel (ICAO)
GoMATS Gulf of Mexico advanced traffic surveillance
GOMEX Gulf of Mexico
GOPS giga operations
GOS grade of service
GOSIP government open systems interconnection profile
GP general purpose
GPADIRS global positioning, air data, inertial reference
system
GPCBT guidelines for the production of computer-based
training (Eurocontrol)
GP&C global positioning and communications
GPIB general purpose instrument bus
GPIRS global positioning/inertial reference system
GPP general purpose processor
GPPU general-purpose processing unit
GPRS general packet radio services
GPS Global Positioning System
GPSSU GPS sensor unit
GPU ground power unit
GPWC ground proximity warning computer
GPWS ground proximity warning system
GR ground router
GRAS ground-based regional augmentation system
GRIP gridded binary (National Weather Service
model output)
GRP geographic reference point
GS ground speed/station
GSC ground station controller (ACARS)
GSE ground support equipment
GSIF ground station information frame
GSM global systems mobile
GSMS ground station management system
GSP glare shield panel
GTC ground terminal computer
GUI graphical user interface
GVA geometric vertical accuracy
GVE graphics vector engine
GW gateway
GWDS graphic weather display system
GWS graphical weather services
H
HAA high-altitude airship
HAATA Houston Area Airspace Transition System
HAD hardware architecture document
HADDS Host Air Traffic Management Data Distribution
System
HADS high-altitude platform station
HAE height above ellipsoid
HAG height above geoid
HAI Helicopter Association International
HALE high-altitude, long-endurance
HARS high altitude route system
HART heterogeneous airborne reconnaissance
teams (U.S. Army)
HAT height above touchdown zone
HCI human-computer interface
HCP heads-up control panel
HCS host computer system
HD high density airports
HD high definition
HDD head-down display
HDG heading
HDG SEL heading select
HDL hybrid data link
HDLC high-level data link control
HDLC-B HDLC-balanced
HDLMS hybrid data link management system
HDMI high-definition multimedia interface
HDOP horizontal dilution of precision
HDP hardware development plan
HE altitude error
JANUARY HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE
Contact:
Eastern U.S., Canada and International: Joe Milroy at 215-598-0933 or jmilroy@accessintel.com
Western U.S. and Canada: Susan Joyce at 480-607-5040 or sjoyce@accessintel.com
AIRLINE INVESTMENT PLANS: We discuss with airlines their go-forward investment
plans for avionics equipment, both to improve operational efciency and meet future regulatory
requirements such as the ADS-B Out mandate in the United States.
MOVEMENT IN BUSINESS AVIATION: While recovery of the business aviation
segment has been postponed until 2012, according to Honeywells forecast, there were several
signs of progress toward recovery at NBAA 2010 in Atlanta, including a sizeable order by NetJets,
new aircraft launches by Bombardier and ongoing developments in airborne connectivity.
PRODUCT FOCUS: Switches. Latest developments in cockpit switches and control panels.
SPECIAL SECTIONAIRBORNE RFID: Industry leaders in the design, standards
development, manufacture and application of Radio Frequency Identication (RFID) tags in aero-
space participated in the recent Avionics Magazine webinar, Airborne RFID: Radio Frequency
Identication Takes Off. We summarize their advice on the benets, costs and technical consider-
ations of applying RFID for yable components.
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HEA head equipment assembly
HEMS helicopter emergency medical services
HERF high-energy radio frequency (or energy radiated
fields: dense)
HF high frequency
HF human factors
HFACS human factors analysis and classification
system
HFDL high-frequency data link
HFDM high-frequency data modem
HFDR high frequency data radio
HFI human factors integration
HFNPDU high frequency network protocol data unit
HFOM horizontal figure of merit
HFS high frequency system
HFSG human factor study group
HFSNL high frequency subnetwork layer
HFWG human factors working group
HGA high gain antenna
HGAS HGA system
HGC head-up guidance computer
HGS head-up guidance system
HGS HFDL ground station
HHLD heading hold
HID host interface display
HIL horizontal integrity limit
HIRF high-intensity radiated field
HITL human in the loop
HITS highway in the sky
HLCS high lift control system
HLE higher layer entity
HLL high level language
HMD helmet-mounted display
HMI hazardously misleading information
HMI human-machine interface
HMOS high-density metal oxide semiconductor
HMS handheld manpack and small form fit
HMSD Helmet Mounted Sight & Display
HMU height monitoring unit
HO handoff
HOCSR host/oceanic computer system replacement
HOTAS hands on throttle and stick
HOW hand-over word
HP high pressure
HP holding pattern
hPa hecto Pascal
HPA high power amplifier
HPC high pressure compressor
HPL horizontal protection limit
HPR high power relay
HPSOV high pressure shutoff valve
HPT high pressure turbine
HRD home routing domain
HS-DSAD high speed digital service access device
HSD high-speed data
HSI horizontal situation indicator
HSIT hardware and software integration test
HSL heading select
HSR high stability reference
HSRP hot standby routing protocol
HTC highest two-way channel
HUD head-up display
HUL horizontal uncertainty level
HUMINT human intelligence
HUMS health and usage monitoring system
HVPS high voltage power supply
HVT high-value target
HWCI hardware configuration item
HX heat exchanger
HYD hydraulic
HYDIM HYD interface module
Hz Hertz (cycles per second)
I
I/O input/output
I&TE integration and test engineering
IA interoperability assessment
IAA incident awareness and assessment
IACSP international aeronautical com munications
service provider
IAC integrated avionics computer
IAGS integrated ARINC ground station
IANA Internet assigned number authority
IAOA indicated angle of attack
IAOPA International Council of Aircraft Owners and
Pilots Association
IAPA instrument approach procedures automation
IAPS integrated avionics processing system
IARP inverse address resolution protocol
IAS indicated airspeed
IAT investment analysis team
IATA International Air Transport Association
IBAC International Business Aviation Council
IC integrated circuit
IC intercabinet
ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization
ICAO IFPP ICAO Instrument Flight Procedures Panel
ICAO OCP ICAO Obstacle Clearance Panel
ICARD ICAO five-letter name code & route designator
system
ICAP improved capability
ICAW Instructions for Continued Airworthiness (FAA)
ICC IAPS card cage
ICCAIA International Coordinating Council of Aerospace
Industries Association
ICD interactive design center
ICD interface control document/drawing
ICD installation control drawing
ICM interline communications manual
ICMP Internet control message protocol
ICNIA integrated communications, navi gation and
identification avionics
ICP integrated core processor
ICS intercommunications system
ICS interface control specification
ICSS integrated communication switching system
ICU instrument comparator unit
ICU integrated control unit
ID identifier/identification
IDC indicator display/control
IDC internal diagnostic capabilities
IDD interface design document
IDEN integrated digital enhanced network
IDG integrated drive generator
IDI initial domain identifier
IDIQ indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity
IDM Improved Data Modem
iDMU integrated data management unit
IDP initial domain part
IDRP interdomain routing protocol
IDS ice detection system
IDS inter-domain system
IDS integrated display system
IDU interactive display unit
IEC IAPS environmental control module
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
IEC International Engineering Consortium
IED improvised explosive device
IED insertion extraction device
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IF intermediate frequency
IFALPA International Federation of Airline Pilots
Associations
IFASS integrated system for surveillance and radio
transmission
IFATCA International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers
Associations
IFC indicated final cost
IFDL intraflight data link
IFE&C in-flight entertainment and connectivity
IFE in-flight entertainment
IFF identification, friend or foe
IFIS integrated flight information system
IFPS integrated initial flight plan processing system
IFR instrument flight rules
IFRB International Frequency Registration Board
IGES initial graphic exchange specification
IGES intermediate ground earth station
IGIA Interagency Group on International Aviation
IGV inlet guide vane
IHAS integrated hazard avoidance system
ILA International Law Association
ILM independent landing monitor
ILS instrument landing system
ILSP integrated logistics support plan
IMA integrated modular avionics
IMC instrument meteorological conditions
IMG implementation manager group
IMU inertial measurement unit
INFO information frame
INAV interactive navigation
inHg inches of mercury
INMARSAT International Maritime Satellite Organization
INMS integrated network management system
INS inertial navigation system
INTELSAT International Telecommunications Satellite
Organization
InterNIC Internet Network Information Center
Interop interoperability
IO information operations (U.S. Army)
IOC initial operating capability
ION Institute of Navigation
IOR Indian Ocean region
IOS Internet operating system
IOT&E initial operational test and evaluation
IP intellectual property
IP Internet protocol
IPACG Informal Pacific ATC Coordination Group
IPC intermediate pressure compressor
IPC interprocess communication
IPD industrial products division
IPI initial protocol identifier
IPT integrated product team
IPR Internet protocol router
IPT integrated product team
IPT integrated project team
IPT intermediate pressure turbine
IR infrared
IRAC Interdepartmental Radio Advisory Committee
IR&D investment research and development
IRIG-B inter-range instrumentation group-time code
format B
IRIS Iris Recognition Immigration System
IRP integrated refuel panel
IRR internal rate of return
IRS inertial reference system
IRS interface requirements specification
IRU inertial reference unit
IS intermediate system
ISA industry standard architecture
ISA Instrument Society of America
ISC integrated systems controller
ISDN integrated services digital network
ISDOS information system design and optimization
system
ISDU inertial system display unit
ISH intermediate system hello
ISIS integrated sensor is structure
ISLN isolation
ISMS in-flight safety monitoring system
ISO International Standards Organization
ISO PA ISO protocol architecture
ISP integrated switching panel
ISP internet service provider
ISR intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance
ISR interrupt service routine
ISS integrated surveillance system
ISSN intermediate system sub-network
ISSS initial sector suite system/sub system
ISU initial signal unit
ITAR International Traffic in Arms Regulations
ITC in-trail climb
ITD in-trail descent
ITP in-trail procedures
ITS integrated test system
ITSE integrated test and support environment
ITU International Telecommunications Union
ITWS integrated terminal weather system
IUPS internal uninterruptible power supply
IV isolation valve
IVSI instantaneous vertical speed indicator
J
J-UCAS joint unmanned combat air systems
J/S jammer-to-signal ratio
JAA Joint Aviation Authorities
JCA joint capabilities area
JCA Joint Cargo Aircraft
JAR joint airworthiness requirement
JAR-OPS Joint Aviation Regulations Opera tions
JAR-AWO JAR-all weather operations
JATO jet assisted takeoff
JCAB Japanese Civil Aviation Bureau
JCAT Joint Combat Assessment Team
JFET junction field effect transistor
JFEX Joint Expeditionary Force Experiment
JFX Joint Forces Exercise
JHMCS joint helmet-mounted cueing systems
JIIM joint, interagency, intergovernmental and
multinational (U.S. Army)
JIM Joint, Interagency and Multinational
JIPT joint integrated product team
JPALS Joint Precision Approach and Landing System
JPDO Joint Planning and Development Office (U.S.)
AV-1210
JPEO Joint Program Executive Office
JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JPO Joint Planning Office
JPS journal processing system
JRANS Japanese regional air navigation system
JRC Joint Resource Council
JSTeF JTRS Science and Technology Forum
JSAT joint system acceptance test
JSF Joint Strike Fighter
JTAG Joint Test Action Group
JTIDS joint tactical information distribu tion system
JTRS joint tactical radio system
JUAS COE Joint Unmanned Aircraft System Center of
Excellence (U.S. Army)
JV joint venture
JVMF joint variable message format
K
kA kiloamperes
KARI Korea Aerospace Research Insti tute
KB kilobytes (thousand bytes)
KBITS kilobits
Kbps kilobits per second
Kgls kinematic GPS landing system
KHz kilohertz (1000 cycles per second)
KIAS knots indicated airspeed
KPS KB per second
KT knot
KTS knots
KVA kilovolt-ampere
KW kilowatt
L
L1 L-band carrier (1575.42 MHz)
L2 L-band carrier (1227.6 MHz)
LAAS local area augmentation system
LACAC Latin American Civil Aviation Commission
LADAR laser radar
LADGPS local area differential GPS
LAGPS local area global positioning system
LAHSO land and hold short operation
LAIRCM large aircraft infrared countermeasures
LAM levels of avionics maintenance
LAN local area network
LAPB link access protocol, balanced
LASER light amplification by simulated emission
of radiation
LAT latitude
LBA Luftfahrt-Bundesamt (German equivalent of FAA)
LCA layered component architecture
LCC leadless chip carrier
LCC life cycle cost
LCC low-cost carrier
LCD liquid crystal display
LCF link control field
LCI logical channel identifier
LCM life cycle management
LCN local communications network
LCP lighting control panel
LCR link connection refusal
LDA landing directional aid
LDA laterally displaced approach
LDCC leaded chip carrier
LDCS local departure control system
LDGPS local area differential global posi tioning satellite
LDOC long distance operational control
LDRCL low density radio-communica tions link
LDU lamp driver unit
LE link establish
LED light-emitting diode
LEO low earth orbiting
LF low frequency
LFE lead-free electronics
LFR LF radio range
LGA low gain antenna
LHP lighting HIRF protection
LIDAR light detection and ranging
LINCS long-haul/leased interfacility national airspace
communica tions system
LISN line impedance stabilization network
LLC logical link control
LLWAS low-level wind shear alert system
LME link management entity
LMI logical management interface
LMM locator middle marker
LMT local mean time
LNA low-noise amplifier
LNAV lateral navigation
LOA letters of agreement
LOB left outboard
LOC localizer/location
LODA letter of design approval (FAA)
LOI level of interoperability
LOM locator outer marker
LON longitude
LOPA layout of passenger accommodations
LORAN long-range air navigation
LOS line of sight
LP localizer performance
LPB loss prevention bulletin
LPC low pressure compressor
LPDU link protocol data unit
LPT low pressure turbine
LPV localizer performance with vertical guidance
LRC long-range cruise
LRF/D laser range finder/designator
LRIP low rate initial production
LRM line replaceable module
LRR long-range radar
LRU line replaceable unit
LSA light sport aircraft
LSAS longitudinal stability augmentation system
LSAT life support for trauma and transport (U.S. Army)
LSB least significant bit
LSB lower sideband
LSD least significant digit
LS-DSAD low speed frame relay service access device
LS-FRAD low speed frame relay access device
LSI large scale integration
LSK line select key
LSN local subnetwork
LSP link state protocol data unit
LSS lightening sensor system
LTA lighter-than-air
LTD laser target designator
LTC lowest two-way channel
LV lower sideband voice
LVC low visibility conditions
LVL level
LVDT linear voltage differential transducer
LVP low visibility procedure
LVPS low voltage power supply
LVT low volume terminal
LZ landing zone
M
M mach number
M2K Mobility 2000 (U.S. Air Force)
M-SNDCF mobile-subnetwork dependent convergence
function
M-TADS Modernized Target Acquisition and Designation
Sight
M/ASI mach/airspeed indicator
M/S meters per second
M&S merging & spacing
MA message assurance
MAA maximum authorized IFR altitude
MAB Military ATM Board (Europe)
MAC medium access controller
MACC military area control center
MACS multiple access communication system
MADARS malfunction detection, analysis and recording
system
MAGIC manager of air-ground interface
communications
MAHWP missed approach holding waypoint
MALDT mean administrative and logistics delay time
MALE medium-altitude, long-endurance
MALSR Medium-Intensity Approach Lighting System
with Runway Alignment Indicator
MAN metropolitan area network
MANPADS man portable air defense system
MAP missed alert parameter
MAP missed approach
MAP missed approach procedure
MAP monitor alert parameter
MAPt missed approach point
MAR mobile access router
MARSA military assumes responsibility for separation
MASPS minimum aviation system perfor mance standard
MAST multiaircraft simulation terminal
MAT maintenance access terminal
MAV micro air vehicle
MAWP missed approached waypoint
MAX maximum
mb millibars
MB marker beacon
MBE multiple bit error
MBER minimum bit error rate
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MBPS megabytes per second
MC master change
MCA minimum crossing altitude
MCAP Manned/Unmanned Common Architecture
Processor
MCB microwave circuit board
MCC maintenance control computer
MCDP maintenance control display panel
MCDU multifunctional control display unit
MCI mode C intruder
MCN manufacturing control number
MCOS multi-computing operating system
MCP maintenance control panel
MCP mode control panel
MCT max continuous thrust
MCU modular concept unit
MCU multifunction concept unit
MDA minimum descent altitude
MDA Missile Defense Agency (U.S.)
MDAH minimum descent altitude/height
MDAU maintenance data acquisition unit
MDC maintenance diagnostic computer
MDCRS Meteorological Data Collection and Reporting
Service
MDD mission data debrief
MDH minimum decent height
MDL multipurpose data link
MDMP military decision making process (U.S. Army)
MDR mode digital radio
MDS minimum discernible signal
MDT maintenance display terminal
MDT mean downtime
MEA minimum en route altitude
MEARTS Microprocessor En Route Automation Radar
Tracking System
MEC main equipment center
MEL minimum equipment list
MEO medium earth orbit
MEOT multiple-expert opinion team
MES main engine start
MET meteorology
METAR meteorological aviation routine weather report
METL mission essential task list (U.S. Army)
METOC meteorological and oceanographic condition
MF medium frequency
MFCP multifunction control display panel
MFD multifunction display
MFDS multifunction display system
MFDU multifunction display unit
MFDUA miscellaneous flight data acquisi tion unit
MFIT mean fault isolation time
MFM maintenance fault memory
MGSCU main gear steering control unit
MGR manager
MHD magnetic hard drive
MHD multi-hazard display
MHRS magnetic heading reference system
MHS message handling service
MHz megahertz
MIB management information base
MIC microphone
MicroEARTS Micro Enroute Automated Radar
Tracking System
MIDS multifunction information distri bution system
MIDS-J Multifunctional Information Distri bution
System-JTRS
MIDS-LVT Multifunctional Information Distribution System
Low Volume Terminal
MIDU multi-purpose interactive display unit
MILS multiple independent levels of security
MILSPEC military specification
MIL-STD military standard
MIMO multi-input/multi-output
MIN minimum/minute
MIPS management interface protocol specification
MIPS million instructions per second
MKR marker
MLA maneuver limited altitude
MLM mid-level management
MLS microwave landing system
MLW maximum landing weight
MM mass memory
MM middle marker (glideslope)
MMI man-machine interface
MMIC monolithic microwave integrated circuit
MMR multimode receiver
MMS maintenance management system
MMS metering, merging and spacing
MMSI miniature munitions system interface
MMU memory management unit
MMW millimeter wave
MNCID management network category interaction
diagram
MNPS minimum navigation performance specification
MNS managed network service
MO managed object
MO magneto-optical
MOA memorandum of agreement
MOA military operation area
MOC memorandum of cooperation
MOCA minimum obstacle clearance altitude
MOD magneto-optical drive
MOD modification
MODEM modulator/demodulator
MOPR minimum operational perfor mance
requirements
MOPS minimum operational perfor mance standards
MOQA maintenance operations quality assurance
MORA minimum off-route altitude
MOS metal oxide semiconductor
MOS military occupational specialty
MOSA modular open systems approach
MOSP multi-mission optronic stabilized payload
(U.S. Army)
MOU memorandum of understanding
MOV metal oxide varsitor
MP-CDL Multi-Platform-Common Data Link
MPAR multipurpose airport radar
MPEG Moving Picture Expert Group
MPCU multiport protocol converter unit
MPDS mobile packet data service
MPEL maximum permissible exposure level
MPM microwave power module
MPP materials, processes and parts
MPS maintenance processor system/subsystem
MRA minimum reception altitude
MRO maintenance, repair and overhaul
MRR manufacturing revision request
MRT mean repair time
MRT multi-remote terminal
Ms millisecond
MSB most significant bit
MSC message sequence chart
MSCP mobile satellite service provider
MSD mass storage device
MSG message
MSI medium scale integration
MSK minimum shift keying
MSL mean sea level
MSP Mode S specific protocol
MSSR monopulse secondary surveil lance radar
MSSS Mode S specific services
MSU mode select unit
MT minimum time
MTA message transfer agent
MTBF mean time between failure
MTBO mean time between outages
MTBR mean time between removal/repairs
MTBUR mean time between unscheduled removal
MTBUR mean time between unit replacements
MTC maintenance terminal cabinet
MTD maintenance terminal display
MTF maintenance terminal function
MTI moving target indicator
MTM module test and maintenance
MTMBIU MTM bus interface unit
MTOW maximum takeoff weight
MTR military training route
MTS multi-spectral targeting system
MTSAT Multifunction Transport Satellite
MTTDA mean time to dispatch alert
MTTF mean time to failure
MTTM mean time to maintenance
MTTMA mean time to maintenance alert
MTTR mean time to repair
MTTRS mean time to restore service
MTTUR mean time to unscheduled removal
MU management unit
MUE modernized user equipment
MUM manned unmanned teaming
MUOS Mobile User Objective System
MUS minimum use specification
MUSE multi-user system environment
MUX multiplexer
mV millivolts
MVA minimum vectoring altitude
MVMC marginal visual meteorological conditions
MWARA major world air route area
MWP meteorological weather processor
MWS missile warning system
N
N1 fan speed
N2 intermediate compressor speed
N3 high-speed compressor
N-UCAS Navy-Unmanned Aerial Combat System
NACp navigation accuracy category for position
NACv navigation accuracy category for velocity
NAC NextGen Advisory Committee
NACA National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
NCAR National Center for Atmospheric Research
NADIN national airspace data interchange network
NADIN II NADIN packet switch
NAILS national airspace integrated logistics support
NAK negative acknowledgment
NAPA National Academy of Public Administration
NAOMS National Aviation Operational Monitoring Service
NAPRS national airspace performance reporting system
NAS national aircraft standard
NAS National Airspace System (FAA)
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASPALS National Airspace System Preci sion Approach
and Landing Sys tem (FAA)
NAT North Atlantic region
NAT North Atlantic tracks
NATA National Air Transport Association
NATCA National Air Traffic Controllers Association (U.S.)
NATS National Air Traffic Services (U.K.)
NATS North Atlantic track system
NAT TFG North Atlantic Traffic Forecasting Group
NAV navigation
NAVAID navigational aid
NAVAIR Naval Air Systems Command
NAVSAT navigation satellite
NAVSEA Naval Sea Systems Command
NBAA National Business Aviation Association
NC numerical control
NC3A NATO Consultation, Command and Control
Agency
NCATT National Center for Aircraft Technician Training
NCD no computed data
NCES Net-Centric Enterprise Services
NCI not currently implemented
NCO Network Centric Operations
NCOIC Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium
NCOW net-centric operations and warfare
NCP NAS change proposal
NCS network control system
NCS network coordination station
ND navigation display
NDB navigation database
NDB nondirectional radio beacon
NDI nondestructive inspection
NDI nondevelopmental item
NE network element
NEAN North European ADS Network
NEAP North European CNS/ATM application project
NEC Network-Enabled Capability
NED Network Enterprise Domain
NELS Northwest European Loran System
NEMA National Electrical Manufacturers
Association (U.S.)
NEO Network Enabled Operations
NEPA National Environmental Policy Act
NESACC North, East & Southern area control centers
for China
NESDIS national environmental satellite data and
information service
NET network entity title
NEXCOM Next Generation Air/Ground Communications
System
NextGen Next Generation Air Transporta tion System (U.S.)
NEXRAD next-generation weather radar
NFF no fault found
NFS network file server
NGIP NextGen Implementation Plan
NGIWG NextGen Implementation Plan Work Group
NGIWP NextGen Implementation Plan Work Plan
NGJ NextGen Jammer (U.S. Navy)
NIAC NAS Information Architecture Committee (FAA)
NIC navigation integrity category
NIC network interface controller
NIC new installation concept
NICE NAT implementation manage ment group cost
effectiveness
NICE network integrated cabin equipment
NIEC NextGen Integration and Evaluation Capability
NIH not invented here
NIMA National Imagery and Mapping Agency (U.S.)
NIMS NAS infrastructure management system
NIR network interface router
NIRV network interface router VHF datalink
NIS not in service
NISC NAS information security coordination
NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIU North American ISDN User Forum (NIST)
NIP network interface processor
NL network layer
NLM network loadable module
NLP network layer protocol
NLR Netherlands National Aerospace Laboratory
NM nautical mile
NM network management
NMC National Meteorological Center
NMCCD network management category class diagram
NMCD network management category diagram
NMF network management function
NMIRS network management interface requirements
specification
NML NATO Maturity Levels
NMP network management plan
NMS network management system
NMS navigation management system
NNEC NATO NEC
NNEW NextGen Network Enabled Weath er (FAA)
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (U.S.)
NOC network operations center
NOC note of change
NOCAR North Atlantic oceanic concept and
requirements
NOCC National Operational Control Center
NO COM no communication
NOI notice of inquiry (FCC)
NOPAC North Pacific
NORAD North American Aerospace Defense Command
NOTAM notice to airmen
NOTUS notice to users (ARINC)
NPA non-precision approach
NPDU network protocol data unit
NPIAS national plan for integrated airport systems
NPR national performance review
NPRM notice of proposed rule making
NPV net present value
NR network router
NRA non-radar airspace
NRD network routing domain
NRP national route program
NRS navigation reference system
NRZ non-return to zero
NS network service
NSA National Security Agency (U.S.)
NSAP network service access point
NSC network service center
NSDU network service data unit
NSEL NSAP selection
NSEU neutron single event upset
NSSL National Severe Storms Laboratory (U.S.)
NTDA NEXRAD Turbulence Detection Algorithm
NTIA National Telecommunications and Information
Administration (U.S.)
NTF no trouble found
NTSB National Transportation Safety Board (U.S.)
NTST National Television Systems Committee
NUC navigation uncertainty category
NUCp navigation uncertainty category for position
NUI network user identification
NUP NEAN update program
NVCD night vision cueing and display
NVIS night vision imaging system
NVM non-volatile memory
NVRAM non-volatile RAM
NVS National Airspace System Voice Switch (FAA)
NWS National Weather Service (U.S.)
NWxP NextGen Weather Processor (FAA)
O
O-QAR optical quick access recorder
O&M operations and maintenance
O&S operating and support
OAC oceanic area control center
OAS oceanic automation system
OASIS operational area satellite information system
OASIS operational and supportability implementation
system
OASIS organic airborne and surface influence sweep
OASYS obstacle avoidance system
OAT operational acceptance test
OAT outside air temperature
OATS orbit and attitude tracking system
OBP operational build plan
OBS omnibearing selector
OBS optical bypass switch
OCA oceanic control area
OCC occasionally connected computing
OCC operations control center
OCD oceanic clearance delivery
OCIG Oceanic Communications Improvement Group
OCO overseas contingency operations
OCP oceanic clearance processor
OCTAS obstacle cable and terrain avoidance system
ODA open document architecture
ODA Organization Designation Authorization
ODAPS oceanic display and planning system
ODIAC operational requirements for ATM air/ground
data communications (Eurocontrol)
ODID operational display and input development
ODIN observe, detect, identify, neutralize
ODL oceanic data link
ODL optical data link
OEI one engine inoperative
OEM original equipment manufacturer
OEP Operational Evolution Partnership (FAA)
OES Office of Emergency Services
OEU overhead electronics unit
OFDM orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
OFDPS oceanic flight data processing system
OFP operational flight program
OGE operational ground equipment
OHA operational hazard assessment
OHSC overhead stowage compartments
OHU overhead unit (HUD)
OI operational improvement
OID object identifier
OIG Office of Inspector General (U.S.)
OIS operational information systems
OIT onboard information terminal
OJT on-the-job training
OLAN onboard local area network
OLDI on-line data interchange
OLED organic LED
OM outer marker
OMB Office of Management and Budget (U.S.)
OMS onboard maintenance system
OMT object modeling technique
OMT onboard maintenance terminal
ONR Office of Naval Research (U.S.)
OOA object-oriented analysis
OOD object-oriented design
OODA observe, orient, decide and act
OOOI out/off/on/in
OPA operational performance assessment
OPAS overhead panel ARINC 629 system
OPBC overhead panel bus controller
OPD Optimized Profile Descent
OPS operations
OPS OPS per second
OPSPECS OPS specifications
OPU overspeed protection unit
OPV optionally piloted vehicle
OR operational requirements
ORB object request broker
ORD operational requirements document
ORD operations readiness demonstration
OS open service
OS operating system
OSA operational safety assessment
OSCAR Orbiting Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio
OSD Office of the Secretary of Defense (U.S.)
OSDS oceanic systems development support
OSE open systems environment
OSED operational service and environment definition
OSEIC operational service and environment information
capture
OSGCS one system ground control station
OSI open systems interface/interconnection
OSIE OSI environment
OSI-RM OSI-reference model
OSJTF Open Systems Joint Task Force (U.S.)
OSPF open shortest path first
OSPGCS one system portable ground control station
(U.S. Army)
OSR order status report
OSRVT One System Remote Video Terminal
OTA Office of Technology Assessment (U.S.)
OTA other transaction agreement
OT&E operational test and evaluation
OTFP operational traffic flow planning
OTH over the horizon
OTM-4D Oceanic Trajectory Management-4D
OTP Office of Telecommunications Policy (U.S.)
OTS off the shelf
OVHT overheat
P
P2FEP Preliminary Eurocontrol test of air/ground
datalink (PETAL)-II front-end processor
P3I preplanned product improvements
P-Code GPS precision code
P-DME precision DME
P-RNAV precision area navigation
P/F poll/final
P/RST press to reset
PA passenger address
PA power amplifier
PA precision approach
PABX private automatic branch exchange
PAC path attenuation compensation
PACIS passenger address and commu nication
interphone system
PAD packet assembler-disassembler
PAL programmable array logic
PAM pulse amplitude modulation
PAMRI peripheral adapter module replacement item
PANS-OPS procedures for air navigation services-aircraft
operations
PANYNJ Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
PAPD precise and accurate positioning device
PAPI precision approach path indicator
PAR precision approach radar
PARTNER Partnership for Air Transportation Noise and
Emissions Reduction
PAT process action team
PATS portable avionics test solution
PAU passenger address unit
PAVES programmable audio video enter tainment
system
PAWES performance assessment and workload
evaluation
PAX passenger
PBD place bearing/distance (waypoint)
PBID post burn-in data
PBN performance-based navigation
PBL performance-based logistics
PBX public/private branch exchange
PC personal computer
PC printed circuit
PCA physical configuration audit
PCB printed circuit board
PCC pilot controller communication
PCD panoramic cockpit display
PCI peripheral component interface
(32-bit local bus)
PCI protocol control information
PCM pulse code modulation
PCMIA Personal Computer Memory Card
Interface Association
PCO protocol converter unit
PCU passenger control unit
PCU personal control unit
PCU power control unit
PCU program coordination office
PD profile descent
PDB performance data base
PDC pre-departure clearance
PDCU panel data concentrator unit
PDD package design document
PDDI product definition data interface
PDF primary display function
PDL program design language
PDM predefined controller text message
PDM project development manager
PDN public data network
PDOP position dilution of precision
PDR preliminary design review
PDS persistent data storage
PDS primary display system
PDU protocol data unit
PE precision engagement
PECT peer entity contact table
PED portable electronic device
PEO C3T Army Program Executive Office Command,
Control and Commu nications Tactical
PER packed encoding rule
PERT program evaluation and review technique
PETAL preliminary Eurcontrol test of air/ground
data link
PF pilot flying
PF power factor
pFAST passive final approach spacing tool
PFC passenger facility charge
PFC primary flight computer
PFCS primary flight control system
PFD primary flight display
PHARE Program for Harmonized ATM Research in
Europe (Eurocontrol)
PHY physical
PI parameter identifier
PICMG PCI Industrial Computer Manufac turers Group
PIA performance, integrity and availability
PICS protocol implementation confor mance
statements
PID parameter identifier
PID pilot information display
PID primitive identifier
PID process ID
PIM programmable infosec module
PIP product improvement program
PIREP pilot report
PKI public key infrastructure
PL parameter length
PLA power lever angle
PLB personal locator beacon
PLBT personal locator beacon and voice transceiver
PM program manager
PM phase modulation
PMA parts manufacturer approval
PMA parts manufacturer authority
PMA permanent magnet alternator
PMAT portable maintenance access terminal
PMC provisional memory cover
PMC PCI mezzanine card
PMG permanent magnet generator
PMOS p-type metal oxide semiconductor
PMP project/program management plan
PMS performance management system
PN pseudo noise
PNCS performance navigation computer system
PND primary navigation display
PNF pilot not flying
PNR point of no return
PO part of
POA plain old ACARS
POA position offset applied
POC point of contact
POC proof of concept
POCC project operations control center
POH pilots operating handbook
POM program objective memorandum
POP plug-in optronic payload
POP point of presence
POR Pacific Ocean region
POR program of record
POSIX portable operating system interface
POTS plain old telephone system/service
PPA production preparation agreement
PPDU physical layer protocol data unit
PPI planned position indicator
PPL processor-to-processor link
PPM pages per minute
PPM parts per million
PPM pulse position modulation
PPP point-to-point protocol
PPS packets per second
PPS precise positioning service
PPS pulse per second
PRAIM predictive RAIM
PRF pulse repetition frequency
PRI primary rate interface
PRM precision runway monitor
PRM-A Precision Runway Monitor-Alter nate (FAA)
PROM programmable read-only memory
PRN pseudo random noise
PRS public regulated service
PRSOV pressure regulating and shutoff valve
PS power supply
PSA PS assembly
PSD port sharing device
PSDN packet switched data network
PSE packet-switching exchange
PSEU proximity sensor electronic unit
PSL projected service life
PSL/PSA problem statement language
/problem statement analyzer
PSM power supply modules
PSN packet switching network
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PSPL preferred standard parts list
PSR primary surveillance radar
PSS proximity sensor system
PSSA preliminary system safety assessment
PSTN public switched telephone network
PSU passenger service unit
PT plane talk
PTAN precision terrain aided navigation
PTD performance test domain
PTI packet type identifier
PTM peripheral transition module
PTR production test requirements
PTS problem tracking system
PTSD production test specification document
PTT push to talk
PTU power transfer unit
PV parameter value
PV photovoltaic
PVC permanent virtual circuit
PVD plan view display
PVT position, velocity, time
PWM pulse-width modulation
PWR power
PXI PCI extensions for instrumentation
Q
QA quality assurance
QAP QA plan
QAR quick access recorder
QDR quality defect report
QDR quality deficiency report
QEC quadrantral error corrector
QFE Q code, field elevation pressure
QM quality management
QMP QM plan
QMS QM system
QNH sea level pressure
QNT quint networking technology
QOP quality operating procedures
QPL qualified product list
QRC quick reaction capability
QRH quick reference handbook
QOS quality of service
QP quality procedure
QT qualification test
QVL qualified vendor list
R
R-CDL Radar Common Data Link
R/W read/write
R&D research and development
R&M reliability and maintainability
R&PWG Requirements and Planning Work Group (FAA)
RA radio altitude
RA resolution advisory
RA routing area
RAA Regional Airline Association
RAAF Royal Australian Air Force
RAAS runway awareness and advisory system
RAC-GAT Russian/American Coordinating Group for Air
Traffic Control
RAC runway analysis chart
RAD rapid application development
RAE Royal Aircraft Establishment (Farnborough)
RAeS Royal Aeronautical Society (U.K.)
RAF requirements analysis folder
RAF Royal Air Force (U.K.)
RAI radio altimeter indicator
RAID redundant arrays of independent disks
RAIM receiver autonomous integrity monitoring
RALA request automatic line adapter
RALT radar altimeter
RAM-T reliability, availability, maintainability and
testability
RAM random access memory
RAMICS rapid airborne mine clearance system
RAMS reliability, availability, maintainability,
sustainability
RAP required automation performance
RAPT regional airspace procedures team
RAS route area statistics (IATA)
RATMP required air traffic management performance
RBT reference business trajectory
RC radio controlled
RCAG remote control air-to-ground
RCAT Reconfigurable Cockpit and Avi onics Testbed
RCD radar cable detection
RCE radio control equipment
RCF required communications performance
RCL radio communications link
RCO remote communications outlet
RCP radio control panel
RCR routing and circuit restoral
RCSU remote control and status unit
RCU radio control unit
RCU remote control unit
RC&W rack connectors and wiring
RD (taxi) route deviation
RD routing domain
RDARA regional domestic air route area
RDC routing domain confederation
RDDMI radio digital distance magnetic indicator
RDF RD format
RDI radio direction indicator
RDI RD identifier
RDP radar data processing
RDR radar
RDSS radio determination satellite system
RDT&E research, development, test and evaluation
REA radar electronics assembly
RE&D research, engineering and development
REDAC Research, Engineering and Devel opment
Advisory Committee (FAA)
REFT remote unit reference transmitter (FAA)
REP required environmental performance
REQ request
RER residual error rate
RERP Reliability Enhancement and Re-engining
Program
REVS radar-enhanced vision system
RF radio frequency
RF radius-to-fix
RFA Regulatory Flexibility Act (U.S.)
RFC request for comments
RFG requirement focus group
RFI radio frequency interference
RFI request for information
RFID radio frequency identification
RFM rotorcraft flight manual
RFMS rotorcraft flight manual supplement
RFO request for offer
RFP request for proposal
RFQ request for quote
RFU radio frequency unit
RGB red green blue
RGCSP Review of the General Concept of Separation
Panel (ICAO)
RGL regulatory guidance library
RGS relay ground station
RH radio handler
RHF ridiculously high frequency
RHO response on handoff
RHSM reduced horizontal separation minima
RI runway incursion
RIB routing information base
RIN Royal Institute of Navigation (U.K.)
RIP routing information protocol
RISC reduced instruction set computer
RLE response on link establishment
RLG ring laser gyro
RLS reliable link service
RM regional manager
RM&A reliability, maintainability and availability
RMCDE radar message conversion and distribution
equipment
RMI radio magnetic indicator
RMMS remote maintenance monitoring system
RMP risk management plan
RMS risk management system
RMS root mean square
RNAV area navigation
RNP required navigation performance
RNP AR RNP authorization required
RNP SAAAR RNP Special Aircrew and Aircraft
Authorization Required
RNR receive not ready
RO radio operator
ROA recognized operating agency
ROC rate of climb
ROC rest of operational capability
ROD rate of descent
ROI return on investment
ROIP radio over Internet protocol
ROM read only memory
ROM rough order of magnitude
RON remain over night
ROT runway occupancy time
RP routing protocol
RPAT RNP Parallel Approach Transmission
RPDE rapid preliminary development effort
RPG rocket-propelled grenade
RPI relative position indicator
RPK revenue passenger kilometers
RPM revolutions per minute
RPOA Recognized Private Operation Agency
RR receive ready
RRI router reference implementation
RSDP reliable sequencing delivery-confirmation
protocol
RSN regional sub-network
RSP required surveillance performance
RSSI received signal strength indicator
RSTA reconnaissance, surveillance, target
acquisition
RT radio telecommunication
RTA required time of arrival
RTB rocket-towed barrier
RTC red time clock
RTCA formerly Radio Technical Commission for
Aeronautics
RTCM Radio Technical Commission for Maritime
Services
RTD resistance temperature detector
RTK real-time kinematic
RTM radio transmission module
RTO rejected takeoff
RTOS real time operating system
RTR remote transmitter receiver site
RTS request to send
RTSP required total system performance
RTTI run-time type identification
RTU radio tuning unit
RU rack unit (1 inch)
RVFP RNAV visual flight procedures
RVP required vision performance
RVR runway visual range
RVSM reduced vertical separation minimum
RVT remote video terminal
RWI reduce weather impact
RWM R/W memory
RWP required weather performance
RWR radar warning receiver
RWSL runway status lights
RX receiver
RZ return to zero
S
S0 Segment 0
S1 Segment 1
S&A sense-and-avoid
S&A see and avoid
SA selective availability
SA situational awareness
SAA special activity airspace
SAA sense and avoid
SAAAR special aircraft and aircrew authorization
required
SAASM selective availability/anti-spoofing module
SAASM/EGI SAASM/embedded GPS inertial system
SAD software architecture document
SADT software architecture design team
SAE Society of Automotive Engineers
SAFIR systems aid for integration and fault reporting
SAI system architecture and interfaces
SAI System Architecture and Inter faces
Subcommittee (AEEC)
SAM slot allocation management
SAM South American region
SAM surface-to-air missile
SAMM surface area movement management
SAMPE Society for the Advancement of Materials and
Process Equipment
SAP service access points
SAR search and rescue
SAR synthetic aperture radar
SARPS standards and recommended practices (ICAO)
SAS stability augmentation system
SAS station address set
SASS surveillance analysis support system
(Eurocontrol)
SAT static air temperature
SAT systems and acceptance testing
SATCOM satellite communications
SATNAV satellite navigation
SB service bulletin
SBAS satellite-based augmentation system
SBC single board computer
SBD schematic block diagram
SBD short data burst
SBS Surveillance and Broadcast Services
SC special committee (RTCA)
SCA self-contained approaches
SCA software communications archi tecture
SCAP Security Certification and Accreditation
Procedures (U.S. Department of Defense)
SCAP standard computerized airplane performance
SCAT special category
SCCI system controller and cockpit indicator
SCD system category diagram
SCE super-conducting electronics
SCPC single carrier per channel
SCSI small computer system interface
SCT Surface Collaborative Decision Making Team
SD secure digital
SDA System Design Assurance
SDD system/software design document
SDD system development and demon stration
SDDN software-defined data network
SDF software development folder
SDI source destination identifier
SDL software data loader
SDLC synchronous data link control
SDM software development methodology
SDP software development plan
SDR software defined radio
SDR system design review
SDRAM synchronous dynamic random access memory
SDR software-defined radio
SDU satellite data unit
SE systems engineering
SEC aircraft information security
working group (AEEC)
SEC software enabled control
SECAM sequential color with memory
SEI Software Engineering Institute
SEL select identifier
SELCAL selective calling
SEMP system engineering management plan
SESAR Single European Sky Air Traffic Management
Research program (Eurocontrol)
SETA system engineering and technical assistance
SE-Vision synthetic-enhanced vision
SEWG security working group
SFAR special federal regulation
SFDF subsystem fault detection function
SFE supplier (or seller)-furnished equipment
SFT software fault tolerance
SG subgroup
SI&T software integration and test
SICAS secondary surveillance radar improvements
and collision avoidance systems
SICASP SICAS Panel (ICAO)
SID standard instrument departure
SIGINT signals intelligence
SIGMET significant meteorological information
SIL source integrity level
SIL surveillance integrity level
SINCGARS single-channel ground and airborne radio
system
SIPRNET secret internet protocol route network
(U.S. Army)
SIS signal in space
SISG Systems Implementation Subgroup (IATA)
SIT system integration and test
SITA Societe Internationale de Tele communications
Aeronautiques
SITD system integration test description
SITP system integration test plan
SITP/D SITP/description
SITR system integration test report
SITS Security Integrated Tool Set
SIU server interface unit
SIWG seat integration
SJU SESAR Joint Undertaking
SKPP separation kernels in environments
requiring high robustness
SKT station-keeping technology
SLA service level agreement
SLC synchronous link control
SLH system level health
SLI system level interface
SLM standard length message
SLoC source lines of code
SLS satellite landing system
SLUC system level use case
SLV service level verifier
SM systems management
SMA surface movement advisor
SMART standard modular avionics repair and test
SMB serial mezzanine board
SMC Space and Missile Systems Center (Air Force)
SMD standardized microcircuit drawing
SMD surface mount device
SMDS switch multimegabit data service
SME system management entity
SMGCS surface movement guidance and
control systems
SMI standard message identifier
SMR simulator maintainability and reliability
SMR specialized mobile radio
SMR surface movement radar
SMS safety management system
SMS short messaging service
SMS spectrum monitoring system
SMT standard message text
SMU sensor management unit
SMUG stores management upgrade system
SN subnetwork
SNA system network architecture
SNAC SN access
SNCR SN connection reference
SNDCF SN dependent convergence function
SNDCF/P SNDCF/protocol
SNICF SN independent convergence function
SNLE SN link establishment
SNMP simple network management protocol
SNMPv1 SNMP version 1
SNPA SN point of attachment
SNPDU SN protocol data unit
SNPRM supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking
SNR signal-to-noise ratio
SNSDU SN service data unit
SOC service operations center
SOC system on a chip
SOF Special Operations Forces
SOH start of header
SOI system operator instructions
SOIA simultaneous offset instrument approach
SOM software operator manual
SOIT satellite operational implementa tion team
SON statement of operational need
SOP standard operating procedure
SOSCOE System-Of-Systems Common Operating
Environment
SOW statement of work
SP signal processing
SPAR Survivability Planner Associate Re-router
SPEAR system performance evaluation and analysis
reporting
SPCR system problem/change report
SPI serial peripheral interface
SPI-IR surveillance performance and interoperability
implementing rule
SPICE STANS preparation integrator for CNS/ATM
environment (Eurocontrol)
SPM software programmers manual
SPO system program office
SPR safety and performance requirements
SPS software product specification
SPS standard positioning service
SPS stratospheric platform system
SPTF Spectrum Policy Task Force (FCC)
SQ service quality
SQAP software quality assurance plan
SQB SQ/billing processor
SQD SQ data
SQP signal quality parameter
SRAM static random access memory
SREJ selective reject
SRM selective reject mode
SRM systematic risk management
SRR system/software requirements review
SRS software requirements specification
SRTM shuttle radar topography mission
SRU shop replaceable unit
SRW Soldier Radio Waveform
SSA source selection activity
SSA system safety assessment
SSAC source selection advisory committee
SSAP strategic safety action plan
SSB single side band
SSDD system/segment design document
SSE safety, security and environmental
performance
SSEB source selection evaluation board
SSOI sidestick order indicator
SSR secondary surveillance radar
SSS surveillance server system
SSS system/segment specification
SSU subsequent signal unit
STA scheduled time of arrival
STANAG standardization agreement
STANS simulation for a total air naviga tion system
(Eurocontrol)
STAP space-time adaptive processing
STAR standard terminal arrival route
STARS standard terminal automation replacement
system (FAA)
STB systems test bed
STC supplemental type certificate
STCA short-term traffic advisory
STD standard
STD system technical description
STDMA self-organized time division multiple access
STDMA synchronized time division multiple access
STF SATCOM tracking facility
STIU satellite telecommunications intermediate unit
STK Scandinavian Surveillance Office
STM serial transition module
STMS surface traffic management system
STOL short takeoff and landing
STOVL short takeoff/vertical landing
STP system test plan
STP/D STP/description
STR system technical report
STR system test report
STVS small tower voice switch
STX start of text
STUAS small tactical unmanned aircraft system
SU signal unit
SUA special use airspace
SUB subscribe
SUM software user manual
SUPPS regional supplementary procedures (ICAO)
SUT system under test
SVC switched virtual circuit
SvRR service readiness review
SVS synthetic vision system
SVU satellite voice unit
SW software
SWAP severe weather avoidance procedure program
SWaP size, weight and power
SWARM Smart Warfighting Array of Reconfigurable
Modules (U.S. Army)
SWIM System Wide Information Man agement (FAA)
SWIT software integration and test
SWIT switched virtual circuit
SWTP software technology plan
SWTRR software test readiness review
SYS system identifier
SYSCAT-B system category-B (FAA message format)
SysCI system configuration item
SysDD system design document
T
T-PED transmitting portable electronic device
T&E test and evaluation
TA tailored arrivals
TA target acquisition
TA traffic advisory (TCAS)
TAA technical advanced aircraft
TAC Theater Aviation Command
TACAN tactical air navigation
TADSS training aides, devices, simulators, simulations
TAF terminal aerodrome forecast
TAF terminal area forecast (ICAO)
TAIC transport accident investigation commission
TAIS total airport management system
TAMD theater air and missile defense
TAMR Terminal Automation Modernization
Replacement
TAOARC Terminal Area Operations Aviation Rulemaking
Committee (FAA)
TAR trials ATN router
TAP terminal area procedure
TAP tower automation program
TAS traffic advisory system
TASS terminal air surveillance system
TAT total air temperature
TAWS terrain avoidance warning system
TBFM time based flow management
TBM time based metering
TBO trajectory based operations
TC transport connection
TCA terminal control area
TCAD traffic collision alerting device
TCAS traffic alert collision avoidance system
TCAS II traffic alert collision avoidance system II
TCC turbine clearance control
TCDL tactical common data link
TCP transmission control protocol
TCP/IP TCP/Internet protocol
TCS tower communications system
TD technical documentation
TDF training device facility requirements
TDLS tower data link services (system)
TDM time division multiplexed
TDMA time division multiple access
TDOA time difference of arrival
TDST tower data services terminal
TDWR terminal Doppler weather radar
TDZE TouchDown zone elevation
TECOM technical committee
TEDS transducer electronic data sheet
TEI text element identifiers
TELCO telephone company
TEN-T trans-European network-transport
TERA Terminal Enhancements for RNAV ATC
TERCOM terrain contour matching
TERPS terminal en route procedures
TERPS terminal instrument procedures
TES tactical exploitation system
TES trials end system (for ATN)
TESCOS terminal coordination system
TF5 Task Force 5 (RTCA)
TFC traffic
TFDM tower flight data manager/management
TFM traffic flow management
TFM-M Traffic Flow Management Mod ernization (FAA)
TFMS traffic flow management system
TFR temporary flight restriction
TFTP trivial file transfer protocol
TG transmission gate
TG4 maximum time between GSIFs timer
TG5 maximum link overlap timer TGT target
TIA Telecommunications Industry Association
TIF traffic information file
TIP tower integrated program
TIS traffic information service
TIS traffic information system
TIS-B traffic information service-broad cast
TL terminal location (ACARS/AFEPS)
TLS target level of safety
TM technical manual
TMA traffic management advisor
TMC traffic management coordinator
TMC test, monitor and control
TMI traffic management initiative
TMOS Transformational Satellite Com munications
System Mission Operations System
TM&O telecommunications manage ment
and operations
TMLLF terrain masking low-level flight
TMMAC tactical airborne moving map capability
TMS-T traffic management system transition
TMU traffic management unit
TO technical order
TOA time of applicability
TOC Tactical Operations Center
TOC transfer of communications
TOFT tactical operational flight trainer
TO/GA take off/go around
TOM time of measurement
TOR terms of reference (ICAO/FAA)
TOT time of transmission
TOW takeoff weight
TP test point
TP4 transport protocol class 4
TPA taxi positional awareness
TPAW turbulence prediction and warn ing system
TPDU transport protocol data unit
TPF transaction processing facility
TPL terminal permission list
TPM technical performance management
TPU terminal processing units
TQM total quality management
TRACON terminal radar approach control
TRADOC Training and Doctrine Command (U.S. Army)
TRB technical review board
TRD transit routing domain
TRNS terrain referenced navigation system
TRR test readiness review
TS time source
TS transport service
TSA technical services agreement
TSA temporary segregated areas
TSA Transportation Security Administration (U.S.)
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TSAT Transformational Satellite Com munications
System
TSB Transportation Safety Board (Canada)
TSC term service commitment
TSC transportation system center
TSDP technical support and data packages
TSDU transport service data unit
TSG technical subgroup
TSG technical standards and guidelines
TSO technical standard order (FAA)
TSOA technical standard order authorization
TSP tactical signal intelligence payload
TSP transmitted signal power
TSS technology support and services
TSPD technical support and data package
TSTM time source transition module
TT test tools
TTG time to go
TTL transistor-transistor logic
TTNT tactical targeting networking technology
TTP time-triggered protocol
TTP tactics, techniques and procedures
TTS time to station
TTW time to waypoint
TUAS tactical unmanned aerial system
TUAV tactical unmanned aerial vehicle
TURB turbulence
TVE total vertical error
TWDL two-way data link communica tions
TWIP terminal weather information for pilots
TWP technical work program
TX transmit
U
UA unmanned aircraft
UA unnumbered acknowledgment
UART universal asynchronous receiver transmitter
UAS unmanned aircraft system
UASTB Unmanned Aircraft System Training Battalion
(U.S. Army)
UAT universal access transceiver
UATP universal air travel plan
UAV unmanned aerial vehicle
UBI uplink block identifier
UCAV unmanned combat aerial vehicle
UCD universal cockpit display
UCI user computer interface
UD user data
UDF unducted fan
UDP user datagram protocol
UGCS universal ground control station
UGDT universal ground data terminal
UGS unattended ground sensors
UHF ultra-high frequency
UI unnumbered information
UIR upper information region
UL uplink
ULV ultra-low voltage
ULWG upper layer working group
UML unified modeling language
UMS unmanned system
UMTS universal mobile telecommuni cations system
UP universal platform
UPRM universal platform resource management
UPS uninterruptible power supply
URET user request evaluation tool
URL universal resource locator
USAACE United States Army Aviation Center of
Excellence
USAF U.S. Air Force
USB universal serial bus
USC United States code
USCG U.S. Coast Guard
USSOCOM United States Special Operations Command
UTC universal time coordinated
UTP unshielded twisted pair
UV ultraviolet
UUT unit under test
UWB ultra wide-band
V
V volt
VITA VMEbus International Trade Group
V/ULOS versions of the HaveQuick and VHF/UHF
line of sight
V&V verification and validation
VAC volts alternating current
VAD Visual Acquisition Disrupter
VAM value-added manufacturer
VANS value-added network services
VAR value-added reseller
VAP value-added processor
VAS value-added services
VASI visual approach slope indicator
VBV variable bleed valve
VC virtual circuit
VCB virtual circuit bridge
VCDU video control display unit
VCU VDL control unit
VDC volts direct current
VDD version description document
VDGS visual docking guidance system
VDL VHF data link
VDL4 VHF Data Link Mode 4
VDLM2 VDL Mode 2
VDLM3 VDL Mode 3
VDLM4 VDL Mode 4
VDR VHF data radio
VDU visual display unit
VEE visual engineering environment
VER version
VFD virtual flight deck
VFOM vertical figure of merit
VFR visual flight rules
VGA video graphics adapter
VGA video graphics array
VG/DG vertical gyro/directional gyro
VGS VDLM2 ground station
VHF very high frequency
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VHSIC very high speed integrated cir cuit
VIA versatile integrated avionics
VIP verbal intruder positioning
VLJ very light jet
VLSI very large scale integration
VMC vehicle management computer
VMC visual meteorological conditions
VMD video motion detection
VME versa module Eurocard bus
VME VHF management entity (VMEbus)
VMECC versa module Eurocard card cage
VMON VNMS health monitoring
VMS vehicle management system
VNAV vertical navigation
VNE never-exceed speed
VNMS VDLM2 network management system
VNO maximum structural cruising speed
VOCRAD voice radio
VOIP voice over Internet protocol
VOR VHF omnidirectional radio range
VPN virtual private network
VPT virtual procedure trainer
Vr 157 knots
VR rotation speed
VREF approach reference speed
VRG VDL reference guide
VSAT very small aperture terminal
VSCS voice switching and control system
VSD VDL specific DTE address
VSM vertical separation minimum
VSRS voice switch replacement sys tem
VSTC validation of supplemental type certificate
VSWR voltage standing wave radio
VTAM virtual telecommunications access method
VTAS voice, throttle and stick
VTOL vertical takeoff and landing
VTS vessel traffic system
VUIT-2 Video from Unmanned Aerial Systems
for Interoperability Teaming Level II
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WAAS wide area augmentation system
WACS wireless airport communication system
WADGPS wide area differential GPS
WAFC world area forecast center
WAM wide area multilateration
WAN wide area network
WARC World Administrative Radio Conference
WARP weather and radar processor
WAS wide area search
WASP wireless access service point
WATRS west Atlantic route structure
WBS weight balance system
WBS work breakdown structure
WC waypoint capture
WDM wavelength division multiplexed
WDM LAN wavelength division multiplexed local
area network
WG working group (EUROCAE)
Wi-Fi wireless fidelity
WGS world geodetic system
Wilco will comply
WIN-T Warfighter Information Network
WINN Weather Information Network
WIP wide area augmentation system integrity panel
WIPPS wide-body integrated platform protection
system
WJHTC William J. Hughes Technical Center (FAA)
WLG wireless ground-link
WMO World Meteorological Organiza tion
WMSCR weather message switching center
replacement
WNW wideband networking waveform
WORM write-once/read many (optical disk
technology)
WP work procedure
WPR waypoint position report
WPT waypoint
WQAR wireless quick access recorder
WRC World Radiocommunication Conference
WS windshear
WSDDM weather support for deicing decision-making
WSR weather surveillance radar
WTMA Wake Turbulence Mitigation for Arrivals
WTMD Wake Turbulence Mitigation for
Departures
WWG wireless working group
WWW/E who, what, where/performance
evaluation (RTCA)
WX weather
WXR weather radar
X
X cancel
XID exchange identification
XFR transfer
XL-ETFE cross-linked ethylene tetraflourothylene
XMC switched fabric mezzanine card
XMIT transmit
XMTR transmitter
XPDR transponder
XTI X-open transport interface
XTP express transfer protocol
XTRA X-ban thin radar aperture
XWIND crosswind
Z
ZCA zero conflict airspace
ZFW zero fuel weight
ZOC zone of convergence
Zulu Greenwich mean time
ZVF zero velocity filter
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military avionics
O
ne of the biggest drivers
for new generation databus
technology is the transmis-
sion of video, images and
other visual information
such as for terrain awareness and map-
ping, as well as weather radar which
requires large increases in data quantity
and refresh rates.
Manufacturers of systems that address
high bandwidth databus networking face
a number of challenges. These include
maintaining the reliability and robustness
proven in lower bandwidth networking
technology, while at the same time keeping
the cost and power requirements in the
same range. In addition, higher bandwidth
applications typically generate more data
and put pressure on downstream technol-
ogy such as storage (which requires more
memory) and off-aircraft data links (which
have to operate at high speeds).
Another challenge relates to the cost
and viability of trying to route new high-
speed data buses to multiple points within
the aircraft. Both military and commer-
cial environments are typically noisy and
rife with various types of interferers that
may cause dramatic effects on the integ-
rity of the data on the network. Ensuring
a high degree of integrity and determin-
ism must be built into the network design
from the ground up.
Distributed Architecture
What we are seeing as a continuing trend
in the commercial aircraft industry is the
movement toward a more distributed con-
trol architecture, said Christopher Stabile,
marketing communications manager with
Data Device Corp. (DDC), of Bohemia,
N.Y. He referred specifically to the Airbus
selection of Mil-Std-1553 databus technol-
ogy on its under-development A350XWB.
Flight control, for example, was
always accomplished with centralized
processing from a
flight control computer
(usually an array of redundant
computers), which would be employed
to control actuators. The actuators were
basically very simple devices, where the
central flight computer would implement
and manage all aspects of the control
loop. The actuator was just an actuator
and had no processing power.
What is happening today, with the
A350 being one of the commercial air-
craft leading the way, is the distribution in
implementation of these control laws. The
central flight computer will still do the top-
level implementation of the flight control
function, but now intelligent actuators
with a processor contained within will
implement its part of the control loop.
Rather than having one central processor
that does everything, the actuators can
start to take high level commands and
handle some of the local control.
The advantage has to do with redun-
dancies and safety, said Stabile. You can
get tighter control loops because you are
not going end-to-end in terms of how you
are processing; you are splitting that power
up. What you want is a more efficient sys-
tem where you have less processing power
within the flight control computer because
it is distributing to multiple elements, while
it is done in such a way that you have a lot
of inherent redundancy for safety aspects.
With such a distributed architecture,
there is also created a need for the flight
control computer to communicate with
these intelligent actuators. That is some-
thing that didnt exist in previous systems,
and creates a challenge for designers
because they need to develop something
that is very reliable, deterministic, fault tol-
erant and with a low bit error rate in terms
of timing within the various control loops.
These are all things that Mil-Std-1553
brings to the table, said Stabile. So you
see emerging applications on commercial
aircraft that need a robust deterministic
databus for applications that didnt use
it before. Airbus was one of the first to
recognize that 1553, even though a fairly
old technology, is still commercially viable
and one of the best solutions out there.
We are seeing a lot of interest from other
manufacturers in 1553, and a lot has to do
with Airbus initial selection. The other
part is the evolution of systems, and the
movement toward distributed architecture
in critical systems like flight controls.
If you look at an A350, you dont
have a homogenous network across the
aircraft. What you end up doing is parti-
tioning the network based on functional
need. The network that streams video to
a seatback TV screen is different than the
network used to control the flight control
systems or the engine. When they start
looking at these systems, they look at
them independently. With flight controls,
for example, it is not a high-data-rate
application because it is a series of very
product focus
Movement toward distributed control architectures in
commercial aircraft favors 1553 solutions
By Barry Rosenberg
Databus
AgiLynx Lynx Protocol
Converters transfer data
between Mil-Std-1553B and
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small commands being sent through a
tight loop. What is interesting is that even
though 1553 is not as fast as some newer
technology, it is more than fast enough for
some of these emerging applications.
Such a distributed architecture also
needs a backbone network to be effective.
ARINC 664, sometimes called AFDX
(Avionics Full-Duplex Switched Ethernet),
used on both Airbus and Boeing aircraft,
is trending in the last few years as the high-
speed network of choice to basically tie
all the systems together and provide the
backbone for sharing data between each
of these independent systems.
Meanwhile, Edgewater Computer Sys-
tems of Ottawa continues to mature its
Extended 1553 (E1553) databus technolo-
gy into reduced size and power solutions,
and is working to expand market interest
in places like Europe and Asia.
Internationally, an effort is now well
underway to ensure that the technology
is standardized by a recognized standards
body, said Greg Fielding, Edgewater vice
president of marketing. Standardization
remains a high priority in order to ensure
interoperability and compatibility among
multiple potential sources of supply.
To expand its reach, Edgewater plans
to release an Extended 1553 PCI Mez-
zanine Card (PMC) and a next generation
Evaluation Kit (EVK) integrated with the
PMC for customer integration, character-
ization and test activities.
Edgewater had initially focused in the
last few years on very high-speed data
rates of 100 to 200 Mbps, though its
efforts today fall into an area of speeds
down at the 1 to 5 Mbps level. That is a
data rate at an intersection where older
civil and military aircraft without high-
speed data bus capabilities can potentially
be upgraded to take advantage of data-
rich applications.
Operators of these aging aircraft con-
tinually face the choice of purchasing new
aircraft or retrofitting older aircraft with
new equipment. This is particularly true
with military or quasi-military fleets such
as those operated by the Coast Guard or
other organizations that fly aging C-130s,
for example that are decades old.
For those operators, the attraction
of adding new electronics in the form
of weather radar, flat-panel displays,
advanced GPS and terrain-warning sys-
tems is strong, but seemingly not possible.
The problem is compounded due to the
fact that military aircraft electronics often
communicate via the Mil-Std-1553B data-
bus standard, while much of commercial
Market Moves
Following are developments announced by manufacturers of aerospace databus products.
Ballard Technology, based in Everett, Wash., in
September announced the availability of an optional
orange case for its line of pocket-sized USB Avionics
Databus Interfaces. The case allows it to be clearly
seen and identifed as test equipment for removal from
an aircraft prior to its return to service after mainte-
nance and support operations, the company said. The
standard case color is black. The USB interfaces enable
engineers and technicians to test, simulate and analyze Mil-Std-1553, ARINC 429 and ARINC
717 avionics databuses using a PC.
Vector Aerospace, of Stuttgart, Germany, in September said it had added ARINC 810, 812,
825 and 826 support to its development and test tools, CANoe.CANaerospace 7.2. Vector said
the latest version of CANoe.CANaerospace and CANalyzer.CANaerospace contain functions for
networking with ARINC protocols and the CANaerospace protocol, allowing developers to use
these functions for creating simulations and analyzing and stimulating bus traffc.
Holt Integrated Circuits, Mission Viejo, Calif., released several new databus products in
2010, including an ARINC 429 line driver powered by a +5V supply, the HI-8592.
The company also introduced HI-8448PCx, calling it the worlds smallest octal ARINC 429
line receiver. Each receiver channel will translate incoming ARINC 429 signals to TTL/CMOS
compatible digital outputs. The devices operate from either a 5V or 3.3V supply and have a
common mode capability of +/- 5V with respect to ground.
AIM GmbH, of Freiburg, Germany, in October introduced a family of USB-based products
for laboratory, feld test and data loading applications. The APU429-x and APU1553-x modules
are implemented in shirt-pocket sized boxes, which can connect to various types of computer
systems via USB ports. USB2.0 connections are available on almost any computer system, so
test engineers no longer have to dedicate a host platform for their ARINC 429 or Mil-Std-1553
requirements by using our APU429-x/ APU1553-x modules, said Marco Maier, lead hardware
design engineer for the companys USB-based module family.
Also in October, AIM released a PCI-ExpressCard system for Mil-Std-1553 testing. The AEC-
553-x integrates 1 or 2 dual redundant Mil-Std-1553 A/B bus streams on one ExpressCard.
In March, Excalibur Systems, of Elmont, N.Y., introduced the EXC-664PCIe board, an
ARINC 664 test and simulation board designed to help integrate avionics suites, and can
simulate up to two AFDX end systems with full dual redundant support for receive and
transmit operation. The board contains room for two standard 4000 modules that can support
multiple channels of other avionics communications protocols including Mil-Std-1553, ARINC
429, Serial, Discrete, ARINC 708 and CANbus.
API Technologies Corp., based in Ronkonkoma, N.Y., in October received a $1 million order
for its National Hybrid Mil-Std-1553 transceivers. The company said the order will be used by a
Fortune 50 company in its line of military avionics equipment.
In July, API Technologies introduced the NHi-1565 SOIC, a hermetically sealed ceramic Dual
1553 Data Bus Transceiver to its National Hybrid product line. The NHi-1565 SOIC comes in a
standard 5V or a low voltage 3.3V version. It measures 0.275 by 0.505 by 0.095 inches, and is
available in a temperature range of -55C to +125C.
GE Intelligent Platforms, Charlottesville, Va., in March released version 7 of its Bus-
Tools-1553 Bus Analyzer software application, designed for analyzing, testing and simulating
data traffc on the 1553 bus. The avionics market is moving away from character-based bus
analyzers in favor of more intuitive, GUI-based solutions that are much easier to use, said
Ben Daniel, GE Intelligent Platforms business manager for avionics. With the BusTools-1553
version 7 announcement, our spirit of partnership sees us making available a capability that
has been much requested by our customers that will allow them to transition to future hard-
ware platforms with minimal effort and expense.
Beta Transformer Technology Corp., Bohemia, N.Y., a subsidiary of Data Device Corp.,
introduced the BXC-A-2 two-stub box coupler, which achieves full Mil-Std-1553 compatibility.
The company said it is ideal for system development, lab, test and fight line applications.
Sital Technology, Kfar-Saba, Israel, in October received a formal approval from the U.S.
Patent and Trademark Offce for its Tails-Code-Key technology, a method for detecting a
fault in a bus network. The company said Tails-Code-Key does not interfere with activity on
the bus, and therefore can be used for detecting problems during normal operation.
This is a major breakthrough in avionics, cars and other systems maintenance and reli-
ability, said Ofer Hofman, founder of Sital.
In June, the company released Minuet, a family of compact, standalone, Mil-Std-1553B
protocol terminals, which include Bus Controller, Remote Terminal and Monitor.
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electronics use the ARINC 429 standard.
A flexible, COTS (commercial off-
the-shelf) solution to the problem of
converting Mil-Std-1553B data to the
ARINC 429 standard and vice-versa can
provide system integrators with a low-
cost method of adding new electronics to
older aircraft, said David Garcia, vice
president of marketing and sales with
AgiLynx Inc., of Billerica, Mass.
Other companies, including Ballard
Technology, Everett, Wash., and YED, of
Bristol, U.K., have recently developed air-
borne protocol converter units to convert
the 1553 standard to ARINC 429. Their
units have been tested to environmental
standards such as RTCA DO-160, which
can be cross-referenced to older military
standards, and have been proven to oper-
ate in airborne environments.
The problem is to come up with a
product that meets almost everyones
needs as a COTS solution, which is quite
the challenge given the variety of param-
eters and data formats found on aircraft
databuses, said Garcia.
The general approach is to provide
a variety of I/O options, with software
configurability to handle the detailed
conversion needs. AgiLynxs approach is
to perform the configuration process on a
desktop computer with a point-and-click
application that downloads the configu-
ration details into the converter without
affecting the DO-178B certification of the
software in the unit.
We faced the challenge of creating a
configuration file that can be considered
an input to the COTS unit, and then
creating a verification test suite that com-
pletely tests the range of possible configu-
ration file inputs, in order to allow our
customers the ability to configure their
units without writing or verifying new
software, said Garcia.
Other Trends
There are a number of additional trends
in the databus world, specifically around
1553 that have held strong for the past
several years.
One is the incorporation of what used
to be two separate devices into one pack-
age. Designing a 1553 interface has typi-
cally meant the need for one electronic
device containing the integrated circuits
and the other consisting of a transformer.
Some manufacturers are now combining
the two devices into one integrated pack-
age for less weight and better performance.
Another design trend related to 1553
interfaces is away from companies using
FPGA solutions with an IP core of some
sort, with the idea being that a company
takes the function and incorporates it
into their own FPGA, which is then used
to implement the 1553 interface.
What we have seen is the interest in
IP-based solutions has declined dramati-
cally, said Stabile. Instead of designing
their own boards to do it, or implement-
ing some sort of custom or semi-custom
solution, people are buying complete
board solutions.
Many companies are becoming more
of an integrator and less of a custom hard-
ware developer. Everybody used to design
their own custom boards, especially since
the military was all about custom solu-
tions. What has changed over the years
is now commercial off-the-shelf systems
have taken off to the point where people
are looking at standard form factor boards
like PMC mezzanine cards. Companies are
putting together pieces rather than devel-
oping them from scratch.
Avionics Magazines Product Focus is a
monthly feature that examines some of the
latest trends in different market segments
of the avionics industry. It does not repre-
sent a comprehensive survey of all compa-
nies and products in these markets.
Actel Corp. ........................................................www.actel.com
Aero Express ......................................... www.aeroexpress.com
Aeroflex ........................................................ www.aeroflex.com
AgiLynx, Inc. ...................................................www.agilynx.com
AIM GmbH ............................................... www.aim-online.com
Airflair ............................................................. www.airflair.co.uk
Alta Data Technologies ......................................www.altadt.com
API Technologies Corp. ..................................www.apitech.com
Avionica, Inc. ................................................www.avionica.com
Avionics Interface Technologies ..................... www.aviftech.com
Ballard Technology ................................... www.ballardtech.com
Barco .............................................................. www.barco.com
Beta Transformer Technology Corp. ............. www.bttc-beta.com
Curtiss-Wright Controls ............................ www.cwcontrols.com
DAC International .............................................www.dacint.com
Data Bus Products .......................... www.databusproducts.com
Data Device Corp. ...................................... www.ddc-web.com
Edgewater Computer Systems ..................... www.edgewater.ca
EFW ....................................................................www.efw.com
Emteq ............................................................ www.emteq.com
Excalibur Systems ...................................... www.mil-1553.com
GE Intelligent Platforms ...................................... www.ge-ip.com
Holt Integrated Circuits ...................................... www.holtic.com
Hytronics Corp. ................................... www.hytronicscorp.com
ITCN .............................................................. www.itcninc.com
Kontron ........................................................ www.kontron.com
LeCroy Corp. ................................................... www.lecroy.com
MAX Technologies ............................................ www.maxt.com
Milestek ...............................................www.milestek1553.com
National Hybrid Inc. .............................. www.nationalhybrid.com
North Atlantic Industries ........................................www.naii.com
North Hills Signal Processing ...................www.northhills-sp.com
Phoenix Logistics .................................... www.phxlogistics.com
Raycom Electronics ...................... www.raycomelectronics.com
RTX Systems ............................................www.rtxsystems.com
Sabritec ....................................................... www.sabritec.com
Sanmina-SCI Technology ........................www.sanmina-sci.com
Sital Technology ........................................... www.sitaltech.com
Tech SAT GmbH ............................................www.techsat.com
Tepro of Florida ................................... www.tepro-vamistor.com
Trompeter Electronics .................................www.trompeter.com
Ultra Electronics .................................... www.ultra-electrics.com
Vector GmbH ..................................................www.vector.com
Western Avionics Ltd. .............................. www.western-av.com
YED USA ........................................................... www.yed.com
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