Development of a standard interface for a new generation of miniature stores

MIL-STD- 1760, the US Department of Defense interface standard for Aircraft/Store electrical (and optical) interconnection system, defines a standard interface for conventional aircraft stores. A new generation of smaller stores is being developed that are incompatible with the MIL-STD-1760 interface due to cost, size, and technical constraints. The Society of Automotive Engineers is addressing the interface requirements for this new generation of miniature stores through its Miniature Munitions/Store Interface Task Group. This paper summarizes work being performed at the Naval Postgraduate School in support of this effort.