Implementation of optical networks in aerospace

The composition of optical network systems and components is often specific to the operating environment. This work describes progress that has been made in development of optical networks for aerospace platforms. Aerospace and military networks use technology developed for commercial networking applications; some leaning from the transition is described. In particular, a standard WDM LAN architecture has been released as an SAE specification. Several example networks, compliant with the standard WDM LAN architecture, have been produced.