Ethernet for aircraft use

Aircraft standards
Aircraft approved Ethernet means compliance to the following aircraft standards: RTCA DO-160E - "Environmental Conditions and Test Procedures for Airborne Equipment" and D6-16050-5 Rev B - "Electromagnetic Interference Control Requirements for composite Airplanes".

 Ethernet connectors
Military and aircraft approved Ethernet connectors are used for both copper (Mighty Mouse) and fiber (38999).

Products 

The RedFox Aircraft series contains switches with IEEE1588 time synchronization support and switches with gigabit and a high port count, see RedFox-aircraft-External-8 and RedFox-aircraft-Internal-24 for details.

 Reference case
A customized managed 100BASE Ethernet switch with IEEE1588 support and a 24 port switch with 8 x 1000BASE-SX router for aircraft use, has been developed for the Boeing 787 in flight data acquisition and recording program.