Lockheed Martin will upgrade the GETS-1000B Patriot Missile Depot Tester with Teradyne's 50-Mhz M900.

Boston, Mass.-- June 11, 1996 -- Lockheed Martin Information Systems (Huntsville, AL) has selected Teradyne's M900 VXI digital subsystem to upgrade the test and diagnostic capabilities of its GETS-1000 line of automatic test systems. The GETS-1000B is used by the US Army's Patriot Missile System as its standard depot tester and is in use at Letterkenny Army Depot and the depots of Germany, the Netherlands, Japan, and other countries. In addition to its use as a Patriot tester, the GETS-1000B is also used by some foreign depots to test Hawk III missile system components and other weapons systems components.

"When we needed to increase the digital capability of the GETS to handle the upgrades to the Patriot Missile System, Teradyne's M900 VXI subsystem provided the advanced dynamic digital capability, links to LASAR test program development software, and standard interfaces for easy system integration we were looking for," says Robert Gustafson, Patriot Program Manager for the GETS at Lockheed Martin. "With this upgrade, the GETS-1000B1 will be able to perform high-speed digital tests concurrent with microwave and power supply testing to meet our customers' latest missile test requirements."

Lockheed Martin has placed an order with Teradyne valued at $2M for six M900 subsystems and two test program development stations, with options to purchase additional equipment at a later date. The M900 subsystem will include 256 50-MHz dynamic digital test channels packaged in an industry-standard VXI-D chassis. The test program development stations include Teradyne's LASAR Version 6 simulation software, which was used to develop test program sets (TPSs) for the original digital subsystem in the GETS.

The first upgraded GETS-1000B1 system will be integrated by Lockheed Martin in the United States and used to develop test program sets. Additional systems will be delivered to Letterkenny Army Depot and Patriot missile depots in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia early in 1997.

Boston-based Teradyne, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of automatic test equipment and connection systems. The company's Assembly Test Group in Boston is the world's leading supplier of commercial-off-the-shelf test equipment for military electronics.