Introduction

Approach

E.0 Executive Summary

1.0 History of Fiber Optics in Avionics for Military and Commercial Aircraft

2.0 Advantages of Fiber Optics on Existing Copper Media and Trends in Aircraft Construction

3.0 Current Fiber Optics in Aircraft

4.0 Potential weight savings using fiber optics in aircraft

5.0 Special Characteristics of Aircraft Wiring

6.0 Market for Fiber Optics in Aircraft

7.0 Military and Commercial Systems that Have Fiber Optic Data Links Installed

8.0 Fiber Optics in Commercial Aircraft

9.0 Forecasts of Military and Commercial Aircraft and Fiber Optics Markets

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Fighter aircraft

9.2.1 Fiber optics market in fighter aircraft

9.2.2 Major purchases of fiber optics for fighter aircraft

9.2.3 Fiber-optic components for fighter aircraft

9.3 Military transports

9.3.1 Fiber optics in military transports

9.4 Commercial aircraft

9.4.1 Fiber optics in commercial aircraft

9.5 Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)

9.5.1 Fiber optics UAV market

9.6 Summary of the market for fiber optics in avionics

10.0 Military Avionics R&D Programs

10.1 DARPA

10.2 Air Force

10.3 Navy SBIR Programs

10.4 WDM-LAN

11.0 Fiber Used in Military and Aerospace Applications

11.1 Multimode Fibers (MMF)

11.2 Single-mode Fibers (SMF)

11.3 Plastic Optical Fibers (POF)

12.0 Bandwidth Requirements

13.0 Space Avionics

14.0 Fiber-optic Sensors

15.0 Contacts

15,1 Government Avionics and Aerospace Fiber Optics Contacts

15,2 Military and Aerospace Fiber Optics OEM Systems Contractors

15,3 Fiber Optics Avionics Component Suppliers

15,4 Military and Aerospace Contractors and Subsystems Suppliers

15,5 Commercial Aircraft Carrier Contacts

15,6 Major Contacts in Military Contract Research Organizations

15,7 Military and Commercial Avionics Fiber Optics Standards Bodies

15,8 Fiber Optics Aerospace Training Organizations

15.9 Universities

• Comparison of Copper and Different Fiber Optic for Aircraft Wiring
  
• Example of Aircraft Fiber-optic Data Link
  
• Markets for fiber optics in aircraft and aerospace vehicles
  
• Total Fiber Optics Market in Military and Commercial Avionics
  (in millions $)
  - Total Fiber Optics Market in Commercial Avionics (in millions $)
  
• Production Units
  
• Fiber Optics Market (in millions $)
  
• Fiber Optics Test and Measurement Market (in millions $)
  
• List of Aircraft with Fiber Optics
  
• Estimated fighter aircraft production (units)
  
• Etimated fighters value of productions ($ billions)
  
• Market value estimate for fiber optics elements in fighters ($ millions)
  
• Market share of fiber optics elements in fighters
  
• Fiber-optic components used in fighter aircraft
  
• Estimate of military transport aircraft productions (units)
  
• Estimate of military transport aircraft productions ($ billions)
  
• Estimated market value of fiber-optic elements in military transports
  
• Fiber optics market by military aircraft supplier (%)
  
• Fiber-optic elements market share for military transports (%)
  
• Market estimate for commercial aircraft productions (units)
  
• Market estimate for productions value for commercial aircraft
  ($ billions)
  
• Estimated market for fiber optics in commercial aircraft ($ millions)
  
• Market share of commercial aircraft fiber optics suppliers (%)
  
• Fiber optics market share by element (%)
  
• Major UAV manufacturers market share (%)
  
• UAV market share by region
  
• UAV market share for major vendors (%)
  
• UAV production (units)
  
• UAV production ($ millions)
  
• Fiber components distribution
  
• Market for fiber elements in UAVs
  
• Market estimate for fiber optics in avionics applications