The A-7 Airborne Light Optical Fiber Technology (ALOFT) Demonstration was established by the Navy to confirm that fiber-optic technology is sufficiently practical and mature to be used in internal aircraft data-signal transmissions and to demonstrate the feasibility of a full system application. A description of the ALOFT system design is presented, including explanations of the design trade-offs that led to the components selected by the system development contractor, IBM, Federal Systems Division, Owego, NY. A description of the tests being conducted on the ALOFT system is provided with a summary of the most significant results to date. The objectives and approach of the economic analysis, recently initiated as a part of the ALOFT project, is briefly described.


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    Title :

    Fiber Optics Application To A-7 Aircraft


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Fibers and Integrated Optics ; 1976 ; Reston,United States


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1976-07-23





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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