Inc. User Requirements Presentation DoD Automatic Test Systems Michael Malesich DoD ATS R&D IPT Chair

T&D Environment Inc.

3 Historical Approach  Services define ATS independently  Infrequent, major, acquisition programs for next generation systems  Specific, peculiar solutions

4 Inc. Implementation Shortfalls  ATS expensive to procure and support  Budgets shrinking  Test Systems H/W is 85% redundant  Limited interoperability between Services  Limited ability to leverage commercial advances

5 Inc. DoD ATS Goals  Reduced total cost of ownership of ATS –TPS re-host –ATE instrument interchangeability –Increased use of commercial products –Scalability  Greater flexibility through Joint Services interoperable ATS –TPS transportability –ATS convergence

6 Inc. Approach to Meeting Needs  Establish DoD ATS Executive Agent  Work with industry  Define architecture to achieve ATS goals  Define NxTest

7 Inc. NxTest & ARI Architecture

8 Inc. ATS R&D IPT Mission  Cooperate with industry to develop open system approach to –support new test needs –permit flexible insertion of updates and new technology –use model based programming –increase scalability of ATS –incorporate Integrated Diagnostics –minimize impact on existing ATS

9 Inc. NxTest Expectations  Open system approach  Interoperable ATS  Graceful TPS re-host  70% hardware reduction  Ease future modernization  Inclusion of diagnostics systems and information  Improved TPS development environments

10 Inc. NxTest Objectives  An environment that reduces total cost of ownership and increases interoperability  A new class of ATS –Commercial based –Embraces DoD Joint Technical Architecture (JTA) requirements and ARI “emerging” requirements –Gracefully applies legacy test programs –Reduces amount of h/w requiring support –Reduces obsolescence risk

11 Inc. Concepts Under Review  Synthetic Stimuli and Measurement capability  Bus simulation  Interchangeable Virtual Instruments  Web based user interface  Open SW Based  Integrated Diagnostics  Knowledge Based Systems

12 Inc. ATS EAO Roadmap Past Present Near Future Each program did their own thing Selecting standard DoD ATS Families Defining a commercial-based standard open system architecture Evolve the open system architecture Services cooperatively define and implement the common next generation DoD ATS DoD NxTest

13 Inc. Success Stories  Since first TDC meeting, spoke to several members regarding ATS architecture, NxTest, and DoD funding opportunities –Aeroflex –Agilent –AverStar –Boeing –Hamilton Software –SSAI –TYX