Expanded Service-Shipboard Data Multiplex System (ES-SDMS): A Fiber Optic Data Bus For Shipboard Applications

Rockwell International Corporation's Expanded Service Shipboard Data Multiplex System (ES-SDMS) is a high-speed fiber-optic data transfer system suited for any Navy combatant that requires survivability, operational flexibility, noise immunity, and future growth potential. This state-of-the-art system replaces the point-to-point wiring required to interconnect systems and subsystems aboard ships. ES-SDMS accommodates most types of ship-board data transfers, including intercomputer, sensor, voice, and video signals. ES-SDMS is now in development for a number of shipboard applications.