COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR AIRBORNE SYSTEM

A unitary communication device onboard an aircraft comprises, in a single equipment, avionics means for sending and receiving data to/from avionics applications, and non-avionics means for sending and receiving data to/from non-avionics applications. The device comprises the avionics means are coupled across a secure firewall within the equipment to the non-avionics means by serial or parallel communication links and in that the avionics and non-avionics means comprise a plurality of communication interfaces able to communicate respectively with the avionics applications and non-avionics applications, and means able to share computing resources to operate, onboard the aircraft, the avionics and non-avionics applications.