An overview of the support equipment data acquisition and control system

Author

Burrus, Phillip F. ; Hrosch, Paul

Author_Institution

Transp. Aircraft, McDonnell Douglas Corp., Long Beach, CA, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

20-22 Sep 1994

Firstpage

563

Lastpage

570

Abstract

The C-17 program developed Test Program Sets (TPS) at a single location. The concurrent aircraft avionics development plus the wide geographic C-17 avionics supplier base could have proven a significant roadblock to TPS deliveries. Support Equipment Data Acquisition and Control System (SEDACS) controls the communication links for TPS development and supplier electronic data. The benefits are a versatile conversational link with both data suppliers and users. Engineering productivity and centralized configuration management by SEDACS successfully provided a key tool for product deliveries to the first C-17 operational squadron, the 437th Airlift Wing at Charleston Air Force Base

Keywords

automatic test software; data acquisition; military avionics; military computing; software development management; 437th Airlift Wing; ATLAS processing; Charleston Air Force Base; SEDACS; TPS development; Test Program Sets; centralized configuration management; concurrent aircraft avionics; conversational link; data acquisition; data suppliers; engineering productivity; supplier electronic data; support equipment; wide geographic C-17 avionics; Aerospace control; Aerospace electronics; Aerospace testing; Automatic testing; Automation; Communication system control; Control systems; Data acquisition; Military aircraft; Programming;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

AUTOTESTCON '94. IEEE Systems Readiness Technology Conference. 'Cost Effective Support Into the Next Century', Conference Proceedings.

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1910-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AUTEST.1994.381568

Filename

381568