Integrated diagnostic and repair information system (IDRIS)-an open system approach

The IDRIS successfully established the proof-of-concept that easy-to-use software can be developed to integrate advanced test, diagnostics, communication, and maintenance software packages by creating an intuitive user interface to manage the complex software interfaces. Tests of IDRIS demonstrated that automating more of the complete maintenance procedure is possible and that can directly correlate to a decrease in the system´s mean time to repair (MTTR). A lower MTTR is one step toward simultaneously increasing the operational readiness and decreasing the life-cycle cost.