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The MIL-STD-1553B data bus: What does the future hold?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 February 2016

D. R. Bracknell
D. R. Bracknell*
Affiliation:
Avionics consultant, Farnborough, UK
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Abstract

Numerous military platforms (land, sea and air) feature serial data bus technology based on the US MIL-STD-1553B data bus standard for integration of their digital systems. Many of these platforms have 15-20 years of operational life remaining, but the installed 1553B data buses (data networks) having only a 1Mbit/sec transfer rate are unable to meet many of the future data networking requirements. Research into new, higher performance data networks has concentrated on modern alternatives with throughput increases of two to three orders of magnitude (100Mbit/sec to 1Gbit/sec). These are generally based on modern commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) standards, good examples being Ethernet and Fibre Channel. Some are already being employed in military platforms having been ruggedised for the harsh physical and electro-magnetic environment. However these COTS systems while being a natural choice for new platforms may not be cost effective for upgrading older platforms. This paper plots the history of MIL-STD-1553, possibly the most successful military platform standard of all time, and discusses some of the options for increasing its performance and economically extending its life into the future.

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Research Article
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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 111 , Issue 1118 , April 2007 , pp. 231 - 246
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 2007 

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