AIT – Avionics Interface Technologies
AIT官方网址:www.aviftech.com
AIT, 全称 Avionics Interface Technologies, 其官方介绍如下:
Avionics Interface Technologies (AIT) is a leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance flight modules, test and simulation modules, embedded solutions, databus analyzers, and support systems for both the commercial aerospace and defense industries. Our field-proven modules support MIL-STD-1553A/B, MIL-STD-1760E, ARINC 429, ARINC 615A, Combination MIL-STD-1553/ARINC 429, ARINC 664, and Fibre Channel. AIT has gained the reputation for having the most technologically capable products with quick delivery times, high reliability, and unprecedented support. ……AIT also has a separate a production and design center based in Dayton, Ohio, just outside of Wright Patterson Air Force Base, for the design and development of our Fibre Channel products to support the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
基本意思是说,AIT是一家能提供高性能航空测试和仿真系统的领先公司。除了传统的MIL-STD-1553,ARINC 429,AFDX之外,AIT的FC光纤产品是其特色(其技术应用于F-35战斗机)。此外,AIT的Dataloader产品也很强。
AIT在2014年被Teradyne公司收购。Teradyne是一家提供综合化自动测试系统的大公司,当然这对AIT的业务基本没有什么影响,毕竟在老外那边,收购来收购去,是常有的事情。上图中,左上角的logo是收购之后新采用的,右上角的是被收购之前采用的标志。
AIT的产品特色在于,其硬件设计很出色,毕竟是和装备测试有联系,其产品曾服务过多种战斗机和商用飞机的综合测试,可靠性,权威性绝对有保障。但是其软件界面相对简陋,对新手使用者可能不太友好,另外其价格在国外品牌中也偏高。