Army ground vehicles are equipped with electronic devices (e.g. sensors, displays, processors, weapons etc) to carry out battle missions. A standard interoperable invehicle network architecture is required to make onboard electronic devices more efficient, interoperable, and scalable. This report focus on the following topics  High level "Common Bus In-Vehicle Network Architecture" proposal for army ground vehicles to integrate and expand on-board electronic devices.  Network protocol and

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