Singapore. Marvin Test Solutions announced that its MTS-3060 SmartCan has been adopted by a country in Asia to support flightline armament test of the F-16, TA-50, and Hawk aircraft.
Marvin Test Solutions is exhibiting the SmartCan and other armament test solutions at the Singapore Airshow through February 21.
While 4th and 5th 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 warfighting armament test gap because 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. The SmartCan has been successfully
“SmartCan is the most powerful and comprehensive hand-held, O-level armament test set available today, effectively testing 100% of the armament and smart munitions carried by today’s legacy and 5th generation aircraft,” said Major General Steve Sargeant, USAF (Ret.), CEO of Marvin Test Solutions. “Recently, another country in Asia joined the growing list of customers selecting the SmartCan for advanced flightline test. Those who have adopted the solution are very happy with its state-of-the-art armament test capabilities and the reduced risk of post-load mission failure they get with SmartCan, as compared to their legacy test solutions.”
Marvin Test Solutions created the SmartCan 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 with SmartCan, ultimately improving O-level logistics, lowering operating costs, and delivering the flexibility to adapt to future armament and munitions.
The company said it is also important to note that every Air Force using TA/FA-50s is one step closer to more easily standardizing their hand-held flightline armament test capabilities as the SmartCan can be deployed to eliminate the obsolete test equipment found in their fighter units. “The fact that multiple OFPs can be loaded into a single SmartCan for use across their flightlines allows them to cost effectively modernize their test capabilities,” said Sargeant.
In addition to the SmartCan, Marvin Test Solutions is featuring the MT-3045 Advanced Hellfire missile simulator and the MT-1888 Laser Source Simulator at the Singapore Airshow. The MT-3045 provides complete preload test for the Hellfire missile and the MT-1888 is an eye-safe laser capable of stimulating the seeker on any laser-guided munitions. Also on display will be the MTS-207, the 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.
Sargeant and Marvin Test Solutions president Loofie Gutterman will be onsite at the Singapore Airshow, Asia’s largest aerospace and defense event.
