Safety, software architecture and MIL-STD-1760

  • Authors:
  • Matthew John Squair

  • Affiliations:
  • Senior Safety Consultant, Canberra, ACT

  • Venue:
  • SCS '06 Proceedings of the eleventh Australian workshop on Safety critical systems and software - Volume 69
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

Integrating modern aircraft stores, particularly weapons, creates a complex system of systems challenge. The traditional approach to such integrations was for each to be a stand-alone program. For each program a unique interface would usually be implemented, usually also with a set of unique problems, such as the missile 'ghosting' problems experienced during the F-16 to AMRAAM integration (Ward 1993). In response to the problems of such an approach MIL-STD-1760 an Interface Standard for Aircraft to Store Electrical Interconnection System was released by the US DoD to standardise aircraft/store interfaces. This paper discusses the advantages and limitations of the architectural techniques of MIL-STD-1760. A hierarchical method for integrating the use of the standard into a safety case is also described.