Common organizational level tester [military aircraft testing]

The Lockheed Martin Information Systems (LMIS) common organizational level tester (COLT) is a versatile, state-of-the-art automatic test system designed for flight line and back shop use. Originally designed for F/A-22 stores management system IBIT (initiated built in test), it was further refined to perform B-2 on-aircraft RLA (rotary launcher assembly) testing. With state of the art technology and a revolutionary packaging concept, the COLT is well positioned to cover a broad range of DOD applications beyond the stores management function. The programmable COLT detects and isolates faults on systems under test by providing power, control, stimulus, measurement, communication, I/O switching, and signal loading. The COLT operates as a remote instrument by generating and measuring signals, and is powered by either aircraft power or external power sources. Aside from the benefits of such high powered test capability in a relative small package, the COLT has also gone through the nuclear certification process which clearly opens up this tester for a wide range of applications.