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

摘要

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.