SAE AS 5653 may be applied to Air Vehicles and Stores implementing MIL-STD-1760 Interface Standard for Aircraft/Store Electrical Interconnection System.

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 (SAE AS 5653) 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