Aerospace

A new generation of explorers will be sent to the moon aboard NASA Orion crew exploration vehicle. Scheduled to make its first flights early in the next decade, Orion is part of the Constellation Program to send human explorers back to the moon, and then onward to Mars and other destinations in the solar system.

TTEthernet is compatible with the Ethernet standards and its off-the-shelf components comply with IEEE 802.3. TTEthernet facilitates the design of complex integrated control systems for a variety of distributed applications. Key TTEthernet operation principles ensure its future use with other Ethernet-based networks in heterogeneous or legacy systems.

TTEthernet is a scalable real-time Ethernet platform for control systems deployable for a variety of distributed applications. TTEthernet will be applied by Honeywell for production programs in the aerospace and automation industry including NASA’s Orion crew exploration vehicle.

"We look forward to realizing the potential of TTEthernet technology development, which provides a high bandwidth avionics databus capability supporting future technology insertion over Constellation's multi-decade mission."
Thomas W. Rathjen
Program Executive
Constellation Systems Division at NASA