Support Equipment Program for Avionics Readiness:Initial Planning,

摘要

The Support Equipment Program for Avionics Readiness has been developed to provide greater reliability and improved maintainability of avionics and support equipment than has been achieved thus far. These goals can be achieved by properly developing the necessary technology for incorporating a high degree of readiness into the design of new equipment and for providing the specialized support equipment required to maintain this equipment. In order to attain the high degree of readiness required in future avionics systems, the Support Equipment Program for Avionics Readiness must now be instituted to insure that new technology be included when ready. In order to provide industry with definitive specifications for improved avionics systems, the Navy must have the capacity to define readiness problems and goals, to conduct research in weak or high technological risk areas, and to apply new techniques in systems designs. These efforts must be directed toward both the new primary avionics systems and the secondary support equipment systems, which are a vital part of avionics readiness. Advanced weapons systems are of limited value without the proper advanced support equipment required to maintain them. Proposals to accomplish these tasks for achieving avionics readiness have been incorporated into the Support Equipment Program for Avionics Readiness. The plan includes proposals for the development of management guidelines and techniques for demonstration of equipment support features as part of the primary equipment acceptance criteria and for determining the resulting influence on the cost of future systems. (Author)