Department of Defense (DoD) maintenance depots face a growing challenge with legacy automated test systems (ATS). These systems are critical to ensuring mission success. As they age, they are increasingly difficult to maintain and repair as well as costly to modernize or replace. When testers do not work properly, maintenance slows or stops and mission readiness is adversely affected. Having 28 years of experience in both the public and private sides of the aerospace/defense ATS industry, Dr. Carey will present the key issues that drive depot ATS equipment requirements and a technical strategy for the modernization of DoD ATS.
