An Open and Modular Avionics Enterprise Architecture: Facilitating Integration, Adaptability, and Sustainability with Emerging Technologies

This paper proposes an open and modular enterprise architecture concept to fulfill today's technological and economic objectives demanded by customers and enforced by the global ecosystem. Currently, various standards, guidelines, and new technologies are used to develop complex systems. In this era of rapid technological progress, developers have access to powerful tools like artificial intelligence, high-performance computing hardware, and new development platforms. However, the industry has not yet fully adopted these technologies, partly due to interoperability problems and the absence of a standardized development framework guided by a suitable enterprise architecture (EA). Such a framework would prevent vendor lock-in and facilitate faster, more complex scenario management. In this paper, we aim to discuss how to quickly maximize the ability to leverage new technologies. We propose a generic, open, and modular enterprise architecture focused on developing avionics systems. Why “Open”? ‘Open’ is defined as the commitment to using open standards and global architecture goals throughout the product life cycle. Why “Modular”? The design of complex systems should be more decentralized and modular to enable incremental upgrades, classification, and configuration. Based on the proposed concept of enterprise architectures, a use case is presented, which can be used as a modern and efficient development process for avionics system development.