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Table of Acronyms
ACE Avionics Certifiable Ethernet
AP Aerospace Recommended Practice
BITE Built-in Test Equipment
COTS Commercial-Off-The-Shelf
CPF Central Processing Facility
CPU Central Processing Unit
DAL Design Assurance Level
ECCP EGNOS Common Computing Platform
EGNOS European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service
GPU Graphics Processing Unit
GSA European GNSS Agency
ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol
IPC inter-processor communication
MFCC Multi-Function Computing Core
MMSI Mercury Mission System International
NLES Navigation Land Earth Station
OS Operating System
RPAS Remotely Piloted Aircraft System
SBAS Satellite Base Augmentation System
RIMS Ranging Integrity Monitoring Station
ROCK2 Rugged Open Compute Kit generation 2
TROS Real-Time Operating System
UDP/IP User Datagram Protocol/Internet Protocol
About the Author
Herve Garchette has been with MMSI (formerly CES) for seventeen years, acting as CEO
between 2009 and 2015. Under his leadership, MMSI become an important mission critical
computer supplier to many aviation programs requiring the highest level of flight safety
certification assurance including Boeing's 777 maritime patrol aircraft, General Atomics'
Predator UAV, and Airbus' A380 and MRTT refueler tanker.
Prior to joining MMSI, Mr. Garchette worked for the European Space Agency (ESA), CERN
(European Organization for Nuclear Research), Landis and Gyr Communications (former
Siemens entity) where he held numerous positions, including system architect, program and
product manager.
Mr. Garchette received an Engineering Degree in Electronics and Computer Science from
Polytech Lille (France) and a Master's Degree in Telecommunications and Avionics from Sup-
Aero ENSAE in Toulouse (France).
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