Support of COTS and open system architecture modules [in military avionics systems]

Author

Davis, Donald E.

Author_Institution

Diagnostics for Acquisition Study, Boeing Co., St. Louis, MO, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

719

Lastpage

722

Abstract

Defense dollars are becoming scarcer and technology is advancing at an ever-increasing rate. This combination is putting increasing pressure on the available acquisition budget. To combat this, the Department of Defense (DoD) has moved toward commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) equipment and open systems architecture (OSA) to reduce acquisition cost, shorten development time and allow rapid technology insertion into existing avionics systems. This paper will present a summary of the DoD funded study Boeing is currently working on. The study, Diagnostics for Acquisition (DFA), assesses the impact of COTS equipment and open systems architecture on Built In Test (BIT) and the DoD´s support infrastructure

Keywords

aerospace simulation; automatic test equipment; built-in self test; life cycle costing; military avionics; open systems; ATE; COTS modules; TPS demonstrator; acquisition cost reduction; affordable life cycle cost; built in test; diagnostics for acquisition; existing avionics systems; functional simulations; military avionics; open system architecture modules; rapid technology insertion; shortened development time; support infrastructure; Aerospace electronics; Automatic testing; Costs; Doped fiber amplifiers; Open systems; Postal services; System testing; Technology management; Test equipment; Vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

AUTOTESTCON '99. IEEE Systems Readiness Technology Conference, 1999. IEEE

Conference_Location

San Antonio, TX

ISSN

1080-7725

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5432-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AUTEST.1999.800446

Filename

800446