ARINC Standards

AEEC, AMC, and FSEMC, the aviation industry activities organized by ARINC, cooperatively establish consensus-based, voluntary aviation technical standards that no one organization could develop independently.

• The AEEC develops engineering and technical standards for airborne electronics of common interest to all segments of the aviation community.
• The AMC develops maintenance-related technical standards.
• The FSEMC develops technical standards related to simulation and training.

Technical standards adopted by the AEEC, AMC, and FSEMC are published as ARINC Standards by the ARINC Industry Activities secretariat. ARINC Standards describe avionics, cabin systems, protocols, and interfaces used by more than 10,000 air transport and business aircraft worldwide.

• View the ARINC Standards Development Document

There are three classes of ARINC Standards:

ARINC Characteristics: Define the form, fit, function, and interfaces of avionics, cabin systems, and aircraft networks

ARINC Specifications: Define the physical packaging or mounting of avionics and cabin equipment; communication, networking and data security standards; or a high-level computer language

ARINC Reports: Provide guidelines or general information found by the aviation industry to be preferred practices, often related to avionics maintenance and flight simulator engineering and maintenance

ARINC Standards by Aircraft Generation
	Networked Aircraft	Digital Aircraft & Flight Simulators	Analog Aircraft & Flight Simulators
	Newest Standards	Most Used Standards
Characteristics	ARINC 900-Series	ARINC 700-Series	ARINC 500-Series
Specifications	ARINC 800-Series	ARINC 600-Series ARINC 400-Series	ARINC 400-Series
Reports	ARINC 800-Series	ARINC 600-Series ARINC 400-Series	ARINC 400-Series

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Report an error (doc, 129K) in an ARINC Standard.

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Read the August 2002 Avionics Magazine article "ARINC Standards: Where They Come From. Why We Need Them"