美国空军正在开发下一代综合化航空电子系统体系结构概念的“宝石柱”计划(PAVE PILLAR)。此计划的基本结构建立在公共模块的积木式结构及总线和管理软件的基础上,按此概念,用少量VHSIC片构成公共模块系列,这些模块进而产生各种各样的航空电子系统功能。文章最后还谈到了在使用外场可更换模块后,可过渡到两级维修的概念,从而奇迹般地降低维修费用。 The U.S. Air Force is developing the PAVE PILLAR, a concept for the next generation of integrated avionics architecture. The basic structure of this program is based on the building blocks of public modules and the bus and management software. Based on this concept, a small number of VHSIC slices form a common series of modules that in turn generate a wide variety of avionics functions. Finally, the article also talked about the concept of transition to two levels of maintenance after using field replaceable modules, thus miraculously reducing maintenance costs.