MIL-STD-1553 Goes Commercial
MIL-STD-1553 is a serial data bus that has been used as the primary command and control interconnect in military aircraft for the past three decades. MIL-STD-1553’s robust performance, high level of interoperability, large installed based, and well established infrastructure of vendors has made MIL-STD-1553 the network of choice for military avionics systems around the world. This paper explores some of the major attributes of MIL-STD-1553 and discusses why MIL-STD-1553 is an ideal choice for use in commercial aircraft systems.