An aircraft system comprising: a housing; and a standby aircraft management system associated with the housing and configured to provide communications, navigation, and control of a number of aircraft systems needed for safe flight and landing of an aircraft in which the standby aircraft management system is located, the standby aircraft management system comprising: a location system associated with the housing, wherein the location system is configured to identify location information for an aircraft during flight of the aircraft; an interface associated with the housing and configured to receive data from a number of aircraft systems using a number of direct connections to the number of aircraft systems; a navigator associated with the housing and configured to store a flight plan for the aircraft, receive the location information, and display navigation information using the flight plan, the location information, and the data; and a backup power system configured to supply power to the standby aircraft management system when the power is unavailable from the aircraft to operate the standby aircraft management system and to provide power for use in exchanging the data over the number of direct connections. a housing; and a standby aircraft management system associated with the housing and configured to provide communications, navigation, and control of a number of aircraft systems needed for safe flight and landing of an aircraft in which the standby aircraft management system is located, the standby aircraft management system comprising: a location system associated with the housing, wherein the location system is configured to identify location information for an aircraft during flight of the aircraft; an interface associated with the housing and configured to receive data from a number of aircraft systems using a number of direct connections to the number of aircraft systems; a navigator associated with the housing and configured to store a flight plan for the aircraft, receive the location information, and display navigation information using the flight plan, the location information, and the data; and a backup power system configured to supply power to the standby aircraft management system when the power is unavailable from the aircraft to operate the standby aircraft management system and to provide power for use in exchanging the data over the number of direct connections. a location system associated with the housing, wherein the location system is configured to identify location information for an aircraft during flight of the aircraft; an interface associated with the housing and configured to receive data from a number of aircraft systems using a number of direct connections to the number of aircraft systems; a navigator associated with the housing and configured to store a flight plan for the aircraft, receive the location information, and display navigation information using the flight plan, the location information, and the data; and a backup power system configured to supply power to the standby aircraft management system when the power is unavailable from the aircraft to operate the standby aircraft management system and to provide power for use in exchanging the data over the number of direct connections.