GE has developed a compute platform running an ARINC 653 partitioned operating environment with an Avionics Full Duplex Switched Ethernet (AFDX) network backbone. The CCS provides shared system platform resources to host airplane functional systems such as Avionics, Environmental Control, Electrical, Mechanical, Hydraulic, Auxiliary Power Unit, Cabin Services, Flight Controls, Health Management, Fuel, Payloads, and Propulsion.

The CCS is designed to utilize Remote Data Concentrators (RDC) to consolidate inputs from aircraft systems and aircraft sensors which includes analog and digital interfaces, such as ARINC 429 and Controller Area Network (CAN) bus. The RDC then provides that information to the compute resources via the AFDX network.