The forces changing automatic testing for DoD depots and what lies ahead

Author

Laise, Steven D.

Author_Institution

TACOM ARDEC TPS Center, USA

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

319

Lastpage

331

Abstract

This paper will discuss the four major forces presently shaping automatic testing at the remaining Department of Defense Depots. It will explain the history of how automated testing has evolved and the changes that have resulted from the forces of the last 10 years. Additionally it will discuss what challenges and opportunities are ahead for the many Test Program Development Agencies and Automated Test Equipment (ATE) designers. These forces are the result of government down sizing, weapon system life cycle extensions, introduction of Commercial Off The Shelf and the infamous 50-50 legislation. As a result many tough challenges and consequently opportunities lie ahead for the ATE community

Keywords

automatic test equipment; automatic test software; legislation; logistics data processing; management of change; technological forecasting; weapons; 50-50 legislation; ATE designers; COTS; Department of Defense Depots; TPS development; Test Program Development Agencies; acquisition changes; automatic testing; government downsizing; obsolescence; testing changes; weapon system life cycle extensions; Automatic testing; Business; Documentation; History; Legislation; Military standards; Test equipment; US Department of Defense; US Government; Weapons;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

AUTOTESTCON Proceedings, 2001. IEEE Systems Readiness Technology Conference

Conference_Location

Valley Forge, PA

ISSN

1080-7225

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7094-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AUTEST.2001.948977

Filename

948977