Title :
Test program sets on the flightline - a case study verifying jammers
Author :
Williams, William ; Orlidge, Les
Author_Institution :
AAI Corp., Hunt Valley, MD, USA
Abstract :
The US Department of Defense (DoD) has stated on numerous occasions that electronic combat (EC) operations are critically important in establishing and maintaining air supremacy. The Joint Services Electronic Combat System Tester (JSECST) is the most recent test system fielded to support EC systems, but it is the task of the JSECST test program sets (TPS) to ensure that these systems are fully mission capable. This paper describes how JSECST TPSs have been developed to address these issues for US Air Force and US Navy aircraft including: 1. test requirements definition - the mission of the TPS and the faults of interest; 2. TPS design issues, including the role of built-in-test (BIT) in TPS design and vertical testability; 3. test strategy; 4. degree of automation; 5. specific measurements and test techniques required for success.
Keywords :
automatic test pattern generation; automatic test software; electronic countermeasures; electronic equipment testing; jamming; military equipment; military systems; EC systems; JSECST test program sets; Joint Services Electronic Combat System Tester; TPS; TPS design; TPS design issues; US Air Force; US Department of Defense; US Navy aircraft; air supremacy; built-in-test; electronic combat operations; flightline test program sets; jammers; mission capable systems; test automation; test requirements definition; test strategy; vertical testability; Aerospace electronics; Computer aided software engineering; Electronic countermeasures; Electronic equipment testing; Guidelines; Hardware; Jamming; Military aircraft; Runtime; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
AUTOTESTCON 2003. IEEE Systems Readiness Technology Conference. Proceedings
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7837-7
DOI :
10.1109/AUTEST.2003.1243592
