Transforming avionics architectures to support network centric warfare

Network centric warfare was applied to different layers in the military force structure to enable commanders and direct combatants to monopolize information to increase lethality and survivability. The flow of information, the amount, type, and other attributes to be discussed, heavily impact the aviation sector of military operations and acquisition. This work concentrates on the impact of NCW on avionics architectures and provides insight to the changes required of aircraft systems to fully utilize the NCW tenets. The NCW concepts are described along with the properties of information necessary for network centric operations.