Integrated diagnostics for the 21st century

Author

Reed, Thomas S.

Author_Institution

Lockheed Martin Defense Systs., Pittsfield, MA, USA

fYear

1995

fDate

8-10 Aug. 1995

Firstpage

470

Lastpage

479

Abstract

Diagnostics for the 21st century will be driven to provide improved combat availability of vehicles and reduced life-cycle maintenance costs; all within the confines of a two level or less maintenance system. The Diagnostics of tomorrow must be designed to be relevant, practical and productive. This paper will briefly address some of the current problems of today´s maintenance environment, suggest a roadmap for an effective maintenance system of tomorrow, and provide guidance on an implementation plan. We will address in particular the diagnostic architectures of combat vehicles, viable maintenance practices and concepts, and the applicability of existing and future Test Maintenance and Diagnostic Equipment (TMDE).

Keywords

automatic test equipment; automatic testing; built-in self test; fault diagnosis; fault location; maintenance engineering; military equipment; BIT; combat vehicles; effective maintenance system; fault coverage model; implementation plan; improved combat availability; integrated diagnostics; military equipment; reduced life-cycle maintenance costs; requirements analysis; tanks; test maintenance and diagnostic equipment; Cables; Connectors; Costs; Fault detection; Heart; Land vehicles; Navigation; Signal design; System testing; Vehicle driving;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AUTEST.1995.522712

Filename

522712