AS5653 may be applied to Air Vehicles and Stores implementing MIL-STD-1760 Interface Standard for Aircraft/Store Electrical Interconnection System. Purpose This standard defines the characteristics and requirements for a high speed data bus incorporated within a MIL-STD-1760 interface to provide improved transfer capabilities and an alternative command and control path. The high speed data bus is based on Fibre Channel standards. This document (AS5653) is a profile of Fibre Channel standards. This standard identifies the network topology in examples. Supported topologies include Fabric Switched and Point-to-point. The Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop topology is prohibited. This standard contains the minimum interoperability requirements necessary to define a standardized transport mechanism for video@ audio@ data files@ and command and control transfers. This standard assumes knowledge of Fibre Channel communication concepts - reference should be made to the Fibre Channel standards where appropriate.