A Common 1553B I/O Channel for the F-16,

Abstract

The 1980's will see increased standardization in military avionics. MIL-STD-1553 has proven to be an effective means of assuring communications among independently developed avionic subsystems. Future applications of the Air Force standard computer architecture. MIL-STD-1750A, and standard programming language, MIL-STD-1589B, will further decrease the life cycle costs of many systems currently under development. While MIL-STD-1750A defines a specific CPU architecture, and MIL-STD-1553B defines the method of communication among subsystems, no current Air Force standard defines the I/O channel that links the 1750 processor to the 1553 bus. In order to reduce both the cost of software development and maintenance, General Dynamics has developed a 1553 channel architecture to be applied to all the subsystems being programmed in-house for the F-16 Multi-National Staged Improvement Program (MSIP). (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADP003546

Entities

People

  • S. Alford

Organizations

  • General Dynamics

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Avionics
  • Computer Architecture
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Costs
  • Language
  • Life Cycle Costs
  • Life Cycles
  • Programming Languages
  • Software Development
  • Standardization
  • Standards

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis