Containing military autotest cost growth through the use of commercial standard equipment architectures

Author

Knoff, R.E.

Author_Institution

Collins Avionics & Commun. Div., Rockwell Int. Corp., Cedar Rapids, IA, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

20-22 Sep 1994

Firstpage

491

Lastpage

494

Abstract

The recent past has been stressful for the commercial airline industry: fierce competition has caused the demise of several carriers. The resulting drive to slash operating expenses has bolstered development of avionics industry standards for automated test equipment. Rockwell´s Collins Air Transport Division (CATD) has begun to market compliant test gear that airline maintenance departments wishing to acquire modern high-performance test systems without the development cost penalty have eagerly received

Keywords

automatic test equipment; avionics; computer architecture; economics; electronic equipment testing; military avionics; military standards; standards; ATE; Rockwell; SMART system; airline maintenance departments; automated test equipment; avionics industry standards; commercial airline industry; compliant test gear; military autotest cost growth; Aerospace electronics; Automatic generation control; Computer architecture; Costs; Military computing; Military equipment; Military standards; Power generation economics; System testing; Test equipment;

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.1994.381579

Filename

381579