Armament test system demoes at Singapore Air Show

17th February 2016

Mick Elliott

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An Asian country is to use Marvin Test Solutions’ MTS-3060 SmartCan system to support flightline armament test of the F-16, TA-50, and Hawk aircraft. The system will be exhibited at along with other armament test solutions at the Singapore Airshow (Feb 16-21). While 4^th and 5^th generation aircraft have received numerous upgrades to avionics and armament systems, maintainers typically still use legacy, hand-held flightline test sets.

These test sets only provide continuity and stray voltage tests, creating a test gapbecause of their inability to check MIL-STD-1760 bus functionality during preload test. Therefore, undetected armament problems may exist, increasing the risk of mission failure.

The SmartCan is a high-performance, hand-held flightline test set that provides full functionality testing of the MIL-STD-1760 bus via emulation for JDAM, SDB, AMRAAM, etc. It has been successfully deployed across multiple fighter and trainer aircraft including multiple blocks of the F-16, HAWK, TA/FA-50, F-15, and F-5.

SmartCan was created to support multiple OFPs, offering the ability to test multiple aircraft with a common test solution. The aerospace solutions provider took the existing paradigm of single aircraft test equipment and created a new, multiple aircraft test solution improving O-level logistics, lowering operating costs, and delivering the flexibility to adapt to future armament and munitions.

It is also important to note that every Air Force using TA/FA-50s is one step closer to more easily standardising their hand-held flightline armament test capabilities as the SmartCancan be deployed to eliminate the obsolete test equipment found in their fighter units

In addition to the SmartCan, Marvin Test Solutions is featuring the MT-3045 Advanced Hellfire Missile Simulator and the MT-1888 Laser Source Simulator.

Also on display will be the MTS-207, an ultra-rugged MIL-SPEC chassis that serves as the underpinning for most MTS I-Level test sets, and the MTS-235, the only production/depot-level test set for the F-35.