scope:

This standard defines implementation requirements for the Aircraft/Store Electrical (and fiber optic) Interconnection System (AEIS) in aircraft and stores. This interconnection system provides a common interfacing capability for the operation and employment of stores on aircraft, and includes:

a. The electrical (and fiber optic) interfaces at aircraft store stations, the interface on mission stores, the interface on carriage stores, and the characteristics of umbilical cables.

b. Interrelationships between aircraft and store interfaces.

c. Interrelationships between the interfaces at different store stations on an aircraft.

The purpose of this standard is to minimize the proliferation of electrical and optical interfacing variations required in aircraft for operating stores and minimize the proliferation of electrical and optical interfacing variations required in stores to interface with aircraft. The implementation of this standard should [Note 6]enhance the interoperability of stores and aircraft by defining specific electrical/optical, logical, and physical requirements for the AEIS.

This standard applies to all aircraft and stores that electrically interface with each other. This coverage encompasses stores and aircraft presently in concept development stages and future aircraft and store development. This standard also applies to existing aircraft which are required to carry MIL-STD-1760 compatible stores.

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