Improving Avionics Fiber Optic Network Reliability & Maintainability

Author

Beranek, Mark W. ; Avak, Anthony R.

Author_Institution

Naval Air Syst. Command, Leonardtown, MD

Volume

22

Issue

5

fYear

2007

fDate

5/1/2007 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

20

Lastpage

24

Abstract

Work is ongoing at NAVAIR to understand how avionics fiber optic BIT technology can help reduce military aviation platform fiber optic network life cycle and total ownership cost. Operational availability enhancements via comprehensive supportability programs combined with keen attentiveness to reliability and maintainability metrics are driving the avionics fiber optic BIT value proposition. Avionics fiber optic BIT technology is expected to reduce failure rate and mean time to repair by predicting link failure before link failure actually occurs, running post-maintenance stress screening upon aircraft start-up, improving fault isolation by reducing the troubleshooting ambiguity zone from three to one, and reducing the need for separate support equipment for system troubleshooting

Keywords

aircraft maintenance; military avionics; optical fibre networks; reliability; NAVAIR; avionics fiber optic network reliability; fault isolation; fiber optic BIT technology; fiber optic network maintainability; link failure prediction; military aviation; post-maintenance stress screening; system troubleshooting; Aerospace electronics; Aircraft; Availability; Costs; Isolation technology; Maintenance; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Stress; Telecommunication network reliability;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8985

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MAES.2007.365330

Filename

4215063