Portable Automated Test Station: Using Engineering-Design Partnerships to Replace Obsolete Test Systems

Abstract

The Air Force A-10C attack aircraft is currently experiencing obsolescence issues with its legacy support equipment. The Portable Automated Test Station Model 70 (PATS-70) replaces more than a dozen pieces of obsolete and irreparable flightline support equipment. The PATS-70 is a robust, flightline qualified test set that has gone through rigorous environmental testing. While it was developed to function as maintenance support equipment for the A-10C aircraft it has no A-10 specific components so it can be adapted for maintenance on other aircraft, platforms, or systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2015
Accession Number
ADA616814

Entities

People

  • Benjamin Chase

Organizations

  • Ogden Air Logistics Complex

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Attack Aircraft
  • Composite Materials
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Engineering
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Maintenance
  • Measurement
  • Operating Systems
  • Software Design
  • Tablet Computers
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Sets

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

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