Establishment of the B-2 avionics organic depot

Author

Cotton, Robert ; Lopez, Jorge

Author_Institution

OC-ALC/LALR, Tinker AFB, OK, USA

fYear

1997

fDate

22-25 Sep 1997

Firstpage

212

Lastpage

217

Abstract

The original depot repair strategy for the B-2 avionics called for the prime contractor to acquire the automatic test equipment (ATE) and the test program sets (TPS). However, faced with reductions in support budgets, the B-2 System Program Office (SPO) was forced to reconsider this strategy. Under the revised strategy the ATE would be acquired through the prime contractor while the TPSs would be developed using organic and private industry resources. Program Management (PM) responsibility for this program was assigned to OC-ALC/LALR, the B-2 Avionics Support Branch. This paper presents an overview of the activities to date for the establishment of the B-2 avionics organic depot. Also, a review of the rationale for the decision to organically develop support is provided along with key risk reduction features of the program

Keywords

automatic test equipment; automatic test software; integrated software; military avionics; risk management; weapons; ATE; B-2 avionics; TPS; acceptance testing; automatic test equipment; depot repair strategy; revised strategy; risk reduction; test program sets; Aerospace electronics; Coordinate measuring machines; Costs; Programming; Proposals; Radio frequency; Risk management; Subcontracting; Testing; Weapons;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

AUTOTESTCON, 97. 1997 IEEE Autotestcon Proceedings

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4162-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AUTEST.1997.633614

Filename

633614