Title :
CASS CTS hardware design
Author :
Larson, Steve W.
Author_Institution :
Product Support Eng., Hughes Aircraft Co., Tucson, AZ, USA
Abstract :
The newest CASS configuration, the Common Test Station (CTS), provides an industry standard for testing a wide variety of guided munitions. The development of the CTS is intended to combat the proliferation of Specialized Test Equipment in the world of guided munitions. The CTS moves CASS into the All-Up-Round (AUR) and Guidance Section (GS) test arena and paves the way for multi-service commonality. The CTS design provides comprehensive stimulus and measurement capability, flexible switching for the test program set (TPS) designer, and a modular architecture for the easy addition and removal of subsystems. This paper discusses the hardware design features of the CTS and the capabilities the CTS offers as a standardized guided munitions tester.
Keywords :
aerospace test facilities; automatic test equipment; avionics; military avionics; military computing; military standards; missile guidance; missiles; standardisation; weapons; ATE; CASS CTS hardware; Common Test Station; commercial off-the-shelf equipment; flexible switching; guided munitions; hardware design features; industry standard; interconnect architecture; missile testing; modular architecture; multi-service commonality; real-time synchronous testing; standardized munitions tester; subsystem addition; test program set design; torpedoes; Acoustic testing; Aerospace engineering; Computer peripherals; Control systems; Hardware; Missiles; Radio frequency; System testing; Test equipment; Weapons;
Conference_Titel :
AUTOTESTCON '95. Systems Readiness: Test Technology for the 21st Century. Conference Record
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2621-0
DOI :
10.1109/AUTEST.1995.522708
