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US continues to invest heavily in avionics research and in January 2011 the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the research and development office for the US Department of Defense, said that its "network enabled by wavelength division" was working on a highly integrated photonics (NEW-HIP) programme, which aims to replace aircraft wiring with a single-mode fibre-optic network, where each fibre can carry multiple digital and analogue signals. The programme is being researched and developed by APIC, a Los Angeles-based pioneer of photonics technology integrated monolithically with electronics.

According to DARPA, military aircraft contain miles of heavily shielded copper wire cables that connect a multitude of components. The cabling is heavy and subject to harsh conditions that cause it to deteriorate. The cables required for analogue radio frequency signals are also expensive, fragile and difficult to install and replace, while some more modern aircraft employ multimode fibre cables, which can carry only a single digital signal. A single-mode fibre-optic network, where each fibre can carry multiple digital and analogue signals, should lead to large weight savings, leading to greater fuel efficiency and a potential reduction in installation and maintenance costs.