Next Generation Military Integrated Modular Avionics

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In the foreseeable future, a new generation of military aerial platforms demands advanced avionics supporting innovative architectures, enhanced functionalities, and heightened performance, safety, and cyber resilience. Operating through a system-of-systems approach, these platforms need increased data sharing and processing, alongside specific requirements for development cycles and defense-related missions. The specific objective of this proposal is to study, design and demonstrate, within a 36-months timeframe, key components for the next generation of modular avionics, including: - Identification of needs related to next generation military integrated modular avionics which will be used by legacy and next generation aerial platforms. - Study and identification of new high level architecture principles that should consider the need of multi-domain operations (from a safety perspective) and multi-level security. - Identification, study and proof of concept of key technologies which must support possible future architecture solutions considering multiple constraints. - Design of NG-MIMA scalable reference architecture(s) to be instantiated on different platforms. NG-MIMA aims to revolutionize military avionics by bringing a new era of integrated modular avionics carefully tailored to address the distinctive and evolving requirements of military airborne platforms. Pioneering a novel European-scale design, the consortium emphasizes collaboration, harmonization, and integration with other initiatives (such as EICACS (EDF-2021-AIR-D-CAC)). The resulting NG-MIMA architecture and technologies will pave the foundation for future actions such as a full demonstrator or even the seed of a future European standard. Led by INDRA, the well-balance consortium comprises 26 entities from 10 EU Member States. NG-MIMA is poised to significantly contribute to European sovereignty and nurturing a robust ecosystem for military integrated modular avionics in defense.