Synthetic instrumentation on the flightline today

Author

Orlidge, Leslie A.

Author_Institution

AAI Corp., Hunt Valley, MD, USA

fYear

2003

fDate

22-25 Sept. 2003

Firstpage

28

Lastpage

33

Abstract

Confirming mission readiness is the most critical function flightline testers perform. Emulating test instrumentation using synthetic instrumentation (SI) specifically addresses the problems and limitations associated with hardware intensive test systems. The joint services electronic combat system tester (JSECST) is one of the first test systems to be fielded that uses SI. This paper describes JSECST\´s use of SI; how SI has enabled JSECST to make measurements that are impractical - if not impossible - using conventional instrumentation; and how this SI implementation received praise in a GAO report that states "The tester performed very effectively in testing - so well, that it revealed numerous previously undisclosed faults in electronic combat systems on Air Force F-15C and Navy F/A-18C aircraft.".

Keywords

aerospace testing; military aircraft; virtual instrumentation; JSECST; electronic combat system faults; flightline testers; hardware intensive test systems; joint services electronic combat system tester; military aircraft; mission readiness confirmation; organizational level maintenance; synthetic instrumentation; test instrumentation emulation; Aerospace electronics; Aircraft; Electronic equipment testing; Force measurement; Hardware; Instruments; Mission critical systems; Performance evaluation; System testing; Weapons;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

AUTOTESTCON 2003. IEEE Systems Readiness Technology Conference. Proceedings

ISSN

1080-7725

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7837-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AUTEST.2003.1243550

Filename

1243550