AS5653 may be applied to Air Vehicles and Stores implementing MIL-STD-1760 Interface Standard for Aircraft/Store Electrical Interconnection System.

Purpose

This standard defines the characteristics and requirements for a high speed data bus incorporated within a MIL-STD-1760 interface to provide improved transfer capabilities and an alternative command and control path. The high speed data bus is based on Fibre Channel standards. This document (AS5653) is a profile of Fibre Channel standards.

This standard contains the minimum interoperability requirements necessary to define a standardized transport mechanism for video, audio, data files, and command and control transfers. The addition of the high speed data bus to the interface currently defined in MIL-STD-1760D requires changes to be incorporated into that standard (MIL-STD-1760), as defined in Appendix A of this standard (AS5653).

This standard assumes a knowledge of Fibre Channel communication concepts – reference should be made to the Fibre Channel standards where appropriate.