Title :
C-17 intermediate level automatic test system for avionics maintenance
Author :
Allen, John R. ; McNeil, Candie A.
Author_Institution :
Transport Aircraft, McDonnell Douglas Corp., Long Beach, CA, USA
Abstract :
Significant challenges exist when automatic test systems are developed concurrently with avionics to support initial aircraft deployment. The C-17 Globemaster III Intermediate Level Avionics Maintenance System meets those challenges. The C-17A “support by capability” program requirement is a unique contractual environment for Test Program Set development. Process based management coupled with low risk development strategies provided a path for on-time Test Program Set deployment. The strategy of using government inventory B-1B Automatic Test Equipment contributed to concurrent Test Program Set operations with the very first day of the C-17A aircraft deployment. This industry “first” is not without some valuable lessons learned
Keywords :
aircraft maintenance; automatic test equipment; electronic equipment testing; military avionics; C-17 intermediate level automatic test system; C-17A aircraft deployment; Globemaster III Intermediate Level Avionics Maintenance System; Test Program Set development; avionics maintenance; concurrent Test Program Set operations; contractual environment; government inventory B-1B ATE; Aerospace electronics; Aircraft; Automatic control; Automatic test equipment; Automatic testing; Availability; Computer displays; Maintenance; System testing; Weapons;
Conference_Titel :
AUTOTESTCON '94. IEEE Systems Readiness Technology Conference. 'Cost Effective Support Into the Next Century', Conference Proceedings.
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1910-9
DOI :
10.1109/AUTEST.1994.381571
