Military and aerospace standards for digital avionics fiber optic systems

Over the past decade the maturation of digital avionics fiber optics technology has resulted in the update or creation of several defense/aerospace standards that did not exist a decade ago. These new- era standards address airborne/aerospace platform fiber optic interconnects including connectors, cables, fibers, splices, cable assemblies, harness installation, digital fiber optic system design, and fiber optic link loss budget design methodology and margin requirements. The new standards also address maintainability, supportability, awareness education and training.