DARTS: An enabling technology for concurrent engineering

Advanced technology includes techniques, materials, and architectures which provide real advantages over those currently used. Such technology has not replaced the technology currently being used for one or more of the following reasons: (1) it is generally unknown, (2) it does not have all the necessary input and output interfaces, (3) it is incompatible with established standards and practices, or (4) it needs to be implemented. The US Army Test, Measurement, and Diagnostic Equipment Activity Advanced Technology Office´s job is to identify such technologies and remove the impediments to their usage. This paper describes one of the Advanced Technology Office´s success stories, the Diagnostic Analysis and Repair Tool Set, or DARTS