Smart TPS development and implementation results

Author

Alwardt, Anthony L. ; Davis, Donald E. ; Hecht, Dennis E. ; McCaffery, Robert M.

Author_Institution

Boeing Co., St. Louis, MO, USA

fYear

2004

fDate

20-23 Sept. 2004

Firstpage

261

Lastpage

266

Abstract

Smart test program set (TPS) is a research and development project implementing a key element of a network centric support concept. Network centric support utilizes information technology to provide key personnel with the network connectivity and processed information necessary to make decisions that accelerate support, increase quality and lower maintainability costs. This paper outlines the smart TPS high-level architecture as well as implementation and demonstration results based on the current navy implementation. The smart TPS toolset described is directly applicable to any military or commercial testing system, which employs multiple levels of maintenance.

Keywords

aircraft maintenance; automatic test software; naval engineering computing; open systems; research and development; ATML; Alpha controlled test station; F/A-18 flight control computer; F/A-18 radar receiver card; NAS Lemoore; Naval Air Station Oceana; PC controlled systems; SRA; TPS reach-back; TPS toolset high-level architecture; WRA; XML interface; information technology; navy implementation; network centric support; one shop replaceable assembly; open system architecture; research & development project; smart test program set; weapon replaceable assembly; Assembly; Computer architecture; Control systems; Information technology; Microwave integrated circuits; Military computing; Personnel; Radar; Research and development; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

AUTOTESTCON 2004. Proceedings

ISSN

1088-7725

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8449-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AUTEST.2004.1436844

Filename

1436844