MiniMUTES Hard Disc Drive Upgrade (Air Force)
Abstract
This project is to evaluate a replacement Modified Frequency Modulador bus hard disk drive (HDD), manufactured in France called Datex, for the Mini Multiple Threat Emitter Systems (MiniMUTES) main computer. Replacement of the 20-year-old HDD will allow continued pilot threat training using simulated threats such as Surface Air Missiles and Anti-Aircraft Artillery radars. The existing MiniMUTES HDD is the primary HDD for the system and is obsolete and no longer repairable or procurable. Current HDDs last an average of three months; all available existing drives has been procured, but as these drives are already over 20-years-old, more than 50 percent are unusable. Failure of the HDD generally occurs at the start of the day when the system is fired up. The failure can only be fixed by installing a replacement drive and this procedure consumes the better part of the day thus making the system unavailable for the day’s training mission. As a consequence of these obsolesence issues, mission capability has been compromised.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2011
- Source ID
- 496589b5ff801fd0ae975d4cb0fe8373