Decades of Defense and Aerospace Test Leadership

Teradyne is the largest supplier of Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) automatic test equipment (ATE) used by the defense and aerospace electronics manufacturers, depots and intermediate-level facilities worldwide. Our test equipment and instrumentation products help ensure the mission readiness of defense and aerospace customers everywhere. Our products have become mission-critical components of modern DoD-based Automatic Test Systems (ATS) such as the Navy’s CASS and RT-CASS, the Army’s IFTE, the Air Force F-35 JSF and the Marines TETS systems, and have helped to standardize today's most advanced ATS programs.

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A Heritage of Technical Innovation

Precision engineering and technical innovation are at the heard of Teradyne's heritage. Our functional test innovations (including LASAR simulation, the L200- and L300-Series ATE platforms, the Spectrum 9100 and the M9-Series digital test instruments) have become de facto test equipment standards, deployed in thousands of defense and aerospace programs worldwide. As we build on our tradition and dedication to excellence, Teradyne continues to align its world-class products and support services to the goals of the DoD ATS Executive Directorate.

Teradyne's COTS testers often replace legacy systems, preserving original Test Program Set (TPS) investments while providing test capabilities for new requirements. Our product architectures, hardware, software and service philosophies all embrace compatibility to ensure the long-term support of existing TPS. Every purchase from Teradyne is an investment in the future. Recent examples of legacy conversions and re-host programs include the U.S. Air Force C-17 Level DAV and AN/GSM-315.

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At the core of the defense industry's most advanced test systems you'll find Teradyne's Core System Instrumentation (CSi) products. We have delivered thousands of dependable, feature-rich VXI-based test instruments for the world's leading defense and aerospace manufacturers. These high-performance, high-density analog, digital and bus test products from the heart of the standard DoD ATS family (CASS, RTCASS, IFTE, TETS), the ARGCS advanced Concept Technology Demonstration and Teradyne's Spectrum-9100 system.

All instruments in our CSi family offer Teradyne's promise of compatibility - that all products preserve legacy TPS investments. Each instrument supports user-centric flexibility for diverse defense and aerospace test requirements. Our CSi products deliver unmatched performance to accommodate the latest technologies. And they feature breakthrough usability backed by comprehensive development and debugging software.

Ensuring Mission Readiness and Lean Logistics

Major defense and aerospace test facilities around the world rely on Teradyne's COTS systems as their "common core" ATE. We pride ourselves in delivering customizable test solutions that offer the commonality and reliability needed to ensure mission readiness and support lean logistics. Teradyne's standard COTS systems provide all the performance and capabilities of full custom solutions, but with the added benefits of:

• Lower start-up costs, faster TPS development and migration times
• Proven TPS migration from outdated or non-supported ATE
• Lower downtime, documented MTTR and MTBF metrics
• Faster support, shorter training and learning curves
• Lower overall technology risks, unambiguous expansion and upgrade paths
• Long CSi instrument lifecycles, reducing obsolescence

Spectrum 9100-Series: Open Architecture, Common Core ATE

The Spectrum-9100 functional tester is the industry's most advanced COTS ATE solution. It features a flexible and open architecture with industry hardware and software tools that can handle diverse test requirements - comprehensive analog, digital, mixed-signal and serial bus testing. This modular, standards-compliant test platform provides customizable expansion that supports future TPS development. The Spectrum-9100 also features:

• Highest accuracy test diagnostics for board, box and system level assemblies
• Proven migration path from legacy ATE
• Seamless integration of TPS technologies and a GUI-friendly environment
• Best-in-class switching subsystems
• Multiple options for AC power capacity, chassis sizes, expansion racks, UUT interface protocols
• Core system instrumentation for analog, digital and bus testing