Communicating operational reliability requirements to designers

Author

Widenhouse, Carroll

Author_Institution

Air Force Inst. of Technol., Wright Patterson AFB, OH, USA

fYear

1992

fDate

18-22 May 1992

Firstpage

965

Abstract

Past experience has shown that new weapons systems in the field generally fall short of needed reliability characteristics. The author summarizes previous studies that have identified possible reasons for reliability shortfalls and proposes an additional cause, the inability to properly communicate the real user reliability concerns to designers. The reliability of new systems can be improved if the concerns of operators, maintainers, and logistics support personnel can be communicated to design and manufacturing personnel. One means to communicate these concerns is through the development of a comprehensive definition for failure that is related to the field effects that are inherent in the user´s operational reliability characteristics stated in the operational requirements document and requirements correlation matrix

Keywords

reliability; weapons; communication; logistics support personnel; maintainers; operational reliability; operational requirements document; operators; requirements correlation matrix; weapons; Aerospace electronics; Aircraft; Maintenance; Manufacturing; Protection; Radar; Reliability engineering; System testing; US Government; Weapons;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace and Electronics Conference, 1992. NAECON 1992., Proceedings of the IEEE 1992 National

Conference_Location

Dayton, OH

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0652-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NAECON.1992.220477

Filename

220477