Avionics, Fiber-Optics and Photonics Conference (AVFOP 2012)
11 - 13 September 2012
MIL-STD-1678-Department of Defense Standard Practice Fiber Optic Cabling Systems Requirements and Measurements
Mark Beranek
NAVAIR,USA
Abstract
MIL-STD-1678-DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE STANDARD PRACTICE FIBER OPTIC CABLING SYSTEMS REQUIREMENTS AND MEASUREMENTS is an outgrowth of a decade of lessons learned by military airborne platform maintenance and training personnel, DoD acquisition program office and subject matter expert staff, and DoD prime contractor staff. The requirements and methods specified in MIL-STD-1678 are intended to standardize and minimize variations in requirements, test setups, test measurement procedures, test sample fabrication configurations, support equipment, and other aspects that must be addressed for completeness. MIL-STD-1678 also provides a means for the DoD to reduce airborne fiber optic system total ownership cost by addressing airborne platform fiber optic performance, cost, supportability, maintainability, reliability, durability, producibility, quality, and safety
Bio
Mark Beranek is currently Section Head and Fiber Optics Team Lead in the NAVAIR Avionics Department at Naval Air Station - Patuxent River, Maryland. He currently chairs the Joint Services Fiber Optic Working Group and serves as SAE Fiber-Optics and Applied Photonics AS-3 Liaison to SAE AE-8. Prior to joining NAVAIR, Mr. Beranek held research and engineering positions at Boeing Phantom Works and Boeing High Technology Center, Eaton Corporation R&D Center, Gould Research Center, and Lucent Technologies Optoelectronics Center. Mr. Beranek is former chairman of the SAE Fiber-Optics and Applied Photonics AS-3 Components Committee, the IEEE Photonics Society Avionics Fiber Optics and Photonics Conference, the IEEE CPMT Electronic Components and Technology Conference - Optoelectronics Committee, and the IEEE LEOS/CPMT Optoelectronics Packaging Workshop.
Mr. Beranek’s aerospace program experience includes the Boeing 777, the Boeing X-32 JSF, and the NAVAIR F/A-18 Super Hornet, EA-18 Growler and E-2 Advanced Hawkeye. While at Boeing he was technical lead on the DARPA Avionics Optoelectronic Module Technology program, the NIST ATP Precision Optoelectronics Assembly Consortium, and the Office of Naval Research/NAVAIR ECSTATIC program. His current avionics research and engineering interests are in the areas of advanced fiber optic cable restoration, built-in test, supportability, WDM LAN enabling components, optoelectronic module packaging, and development of military and aerospace standards. Mr. Beranek is Senior Member of IEEE.