Boeing Awards Contract to Teradyne for C-17 Program.Business/Technology Editors AUTOTESTCON BOOTH 523 ANAHEIM, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 19, 2000 Teradyne, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :TER Third version. See bis. ) announced The Boeing Company's Airlift and Tanker Support Equipment Team has selected Teradyne's Spectrum 9100-Series Automatic Test Equipment (ATE). After completion of a detailed United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. Air Force-funded study, the Airlift and Tanker Support Equipment Team selected the best candidate for replacement of the aging C-17 I-Level Test Systems. Announcement of the C-17 Program selecting Teradyne was made here at Autotestcon, a defense industry test trade show and conference focused on future sustainment of military and aerospace. The goals of the ATE Replacement Program were to select a test system that minimized acquisition costs and ATE development, while maximizing Off-the-Shelf equipment. "The selection of Teradyne's Spectrum 9100-Series was the result of an exhaustive proposal evaluation effort emphasizing: cost, technical capability, schedule, and program management," said John Allen John Allen may refer to: Artists
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"Teradyne is pleased to join the Boeing/USAF team in supporting the C-17 Program. The Spectrum 9100 provides a commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) automatic test solution," said Charles Pothier, Spectrum 9100-Series Product Manager. "The modular design In the context of systems engineering, modular design — or "modularity in design" — is an approach aiming to subdivide a system into smaller parts (modules) that can be independently created and then used in different systems to drive multiple functionalities. and adherence to an open-architecture allows the system to be easily tailored to meet the C-17 I-Level requirements while enabling future growth requirements to be met in a cost-effective manner. The Spectrum 9100 provides Boeing and the USAF a modern, supportable ATE platform while reducing total ownership costs," continued Pothier. Program Description The C-17 Modern Intermediate Level Test Station (MILTS) program will provide an integrated replacement Automatic Test System for the United States Air Force United States Air Force (USAF) Major component of the U.S. military organization, with primary responsibility for air warfare, air defense, and military space research. It also provides air services in coordination with the other military branches. U.S. avionics maintenance. The current Intermediate Level Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) station is an older design, which is no longer procurable, and is reaching the end of its life cycle. Additional ATE will be required in the short term to support the existing C-17 aircraft fleet. A growth path will also be needed to support future additions to the C-17 fleet. The C-17 MILTS program resolves these issues by providing modern, open architecture Automatic Test Equipment for C-17 avionics maintenance. The MILTS program implements several acquisition reform concepts, such as the use of Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) equipment, commercial documentation, and "Best Commercial Practices," resulting in reduced lead times and acquisition costs than with the use of traditional "MIL Spec MIL SPEC Military Specification "ATE. Commercial MILTS ATE will be used by United States Air Force C-17 Main Operating Bases, as well as the Boeing Company for TPS (1) (Transactions Per Second) The number of transactions processed within one second. TPS is a better rating for the performance of hardware and software than the common MHz and GHz rating of the computer. development. COTS Application Development Environment (ADE) hardware and software will be used to cost effectively rehost existing C-17 Test Program Sets (TPSs) from the current ATE to the MILTS. The Boeing Company will integrate and deliver this high performance maintenance system. Initial Main Operating Base (MOB) operations are planned to commence in calendar year 2002. About Teradyne Teradyne is the world's leading automated testing (testing) automated testing - Software testing assisted with software tools that require no operator input, analysis, or evaluation. company for the electronics, communications, and software industries. Its products and services address the test requirements of a broad range of semiconductors, electronic assemblies, telephone access networks and software applications. Teradyne supports its customers via a global service and applications engineering network, with technical centers located throughout the United States, Europe, and the Pacific Rim. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Teradyne reported sales of approximately $1.8 billion in 1999 and currently has about 8,000 employees worldwide. Teradyne's World Wide Web address is www.teradyne.com. The Assembly Test Division, located in North Reading, Massachusetts North Reading is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 13,837 at the 2000 census. The North Reading team mascot is the Hornet. History and Walnut Creek, California Walnut Creek is a largely affluent suburb several miles east of Oakland in Contra Costa County, California, USA, in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. While not as large as the neighboring Concord, Walnut Creek serves as the business and entertainment hub for the , serves electronic manufacturers with comprehensive capabilities in test and inspection. These test instruments and systems are used in commercial environments and in military/aerospace applications where reliability, time-to-market, and in-line process test are key to success. |
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