Test avionics devices to US military standards

Test to US military standards

For more than three decades, MIL-STD-1553 has been widely used as the defense industry’s standard for data communications for various applications within aerospace and defense. Core systems deploying it typically have to operate over the lifetime of the program, and are updated and enhanced as new technology becomes available and is adopted. This drives the test systems to also be retrofitted with updated equipment to support these new designs. Many new programs still use MIL-STD-1553, and the new equipment must support this standard. Due to natural progression of the test equipment, equipment manufacturers also need to keep pace with the latest technologies to support efficient and effective testing of the MIL-STD-1553 equipment. Testing is typically executed in accordance with the MIL-STD-1553 test plans such as the industry standard SAE AS4111 to AS4114 for remote termi...

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