CASS design for supportability: as technology grows

Author

Mena, Andrew C.

Author_Institution

Logistics Eng, Lockheed Martin Inf. Syst., Orlando, FL, USA

fYear

1995

fDate

8-10 Aug. 1995

Firstpage

14

Lastpage

16

Abstract

CASS (the Consolidated Automated Support System) is committed to maintaining full functionality and supportability throughout its 20 year life cycle, while retaining the capabilities of Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) equipment. This paper describes options evaluated as two major COTS (the CASS computer (CPU) and Digital Test Unit (DTU)) systems used within CASS reach the end of their commercial production life. In addition to addressing the options evaluated for this situation this paper delves into the results of the analysis driven by these opportunities.

Keywords

automatic test equipment; costing; maintenance engineering; reliability; CASS computer; CASS design; COTS; commercial off the shelf equipment; consolidated automated support system; digital test unit; functionality; production life; supportability; Computer architecture; Contracts; Costs; Military computing; Predictive models; Production; Software testing; Space technology; System software; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

AUTOTESTCON '95. Systems Readiness: Test Technology for the 21st Century. Conference Record

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2621-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AUTEST.1995.522647

Filename

522647