Michael L. Olive

Commercial Aircraft Information Security-an Overview of ARINC Report 811

This paper provides an overview of ARINC Report 811, Commercial Aircraft Information Security Concepts of Operation and Process Framework. ARINC Report 811 was developed by airline and industry participants of the Airlines Electronic Engineering Committee (AEEC) Aircraft Information Security (SEC) Subcommittee, and it was adopted by the airline members of the AEEC in October 2005. ARINC Report 811 describes a three-step risk-based information security process framework, that considers existing airline operations and the organizational impact associated with the introduction of new aircraft information security procedures, particularly with respect to the management of mobile, global aircraft assets

Safety services using the internet protocol suite: Benefits, progress, and challenges

Moving from ACARS and ATN to IPS is an important technology migration that will help all stakeholders in air-ground safety services data communications (airlines, equipment vendors, airframers, ANSPs, and communication service providers) to achieve a more modern, cost-effective, and robust data communications network infrastructure. Through efforts by Boeing, Honeywell, Inmarsat, and SITA, progress has been made to demonstrate the feasibility of an IPS-based solution. Additional efforts are in progress to complete the IPS standards, perform validation exercises, and define a transition strategy. Once deployed, IPS will provide the basis for a unified avionics architecture and consistent air-ground operation, for both current and future AOC and ATS applications and using both existing and evolving communications media.

Internet protocol suite for safety services: Progress toward a validated standard

Current regional implementations and deployments of aircraft-to-ground safety of flight data communications are based on existing, aviation-unique Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS) and Aeronautical Telecommunications Network (ATN) communication protocols. While regional objectives are being met, Air Traffic Management stakeholders recognize the benefits of enhancing the communications infrastructure to support emerging advanced services while striving towards global data communications harmonization and interoperability. To support that objective, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is specifying a new network infrastructure for safety services based on the Internet Protocol Suite (IPS). IPS will leverage commercial Internet Protocol (IP) technologies, profiled and tailored to meet the challenging requirements of aeronautical safety services.