Modular avionics systems architecture (MASA) test and diagnostics

Summary form only given. The US Air Force's Modular Avionics Systems Architecture (MASA) Support Requirements document delineates some stringent testability requirements that must be met to succeed in reducing logistics support costs through modular avionics. A modular avionics handbook has been developed to provide guidelines for effective application of modular avionics. The author examines these testability requirements in the context of ongoing analyses and pre-milestone I and IV development planning initiatives of the newly chartered Joint Integrated Avionics Directorate (JIAD), specifically the T-38 Avionics Upgrade Study and the MASA demonstration project.<
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