ARMY AL&T IFTE


DOD and the Army have developed objectives and policy enablers to sup- port the IFTE concept. Findings from a RAND Corp. study in 1990 titled Supporting Combined-Arms Combat Capability with Shared Electronic Maintenance Facilities foreshadowed the shift in support concept from four to two levels of maintenance and rec- ognized the need to move component maintenance tasks from the maneu- ver elements to the rear echelons, thus, relying on distribution channels to support simpler remove/replace tasks forward. There was also evidence that IFTE, as an adaptable maintenance system that can support multiple plat- forms, can improve system readiness and availability, resulting in significant cost savings.


DOD; the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology; and the services embraced and implemented this concept, issu- ing policy and regulatory guidance at


NGATS takes advantage of modern COTS test instruments and open-system architecture, resulting in significant improvements in capability and system reliability and reduced system costs over the previous solutions.


all levels to include creating a joint services ATS Management Board to provide oversight. In the July 2004 Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics Memorandum, DoD Policy for Automatic Test Systems, DOD established the IFTE program as the Army’s designated organic “sin- gle family” of ATS. Currently, IFTE supports multiple systems, such as the Kiowa Warrior; Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire-guided missile; Abrams; Bradley; Paladin; and Avenger, with capability in development to support systems such as the Common Remote Weapons Station and Stryker Remote Weapons Station components. The IFTE off-system tester can


diagnose and enable the repair of both electronic and electro-optical compo- nents and assemblies.


NGATS NGATS is the latest iteration of the Army’s organic off-system test capabil- ity. NGATS is managed by Product Director Test Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment (TMDE), aligned under the management of the U.S. Army Project Manager Joint Combat Service Support, which is under the leadership of Program Executive Office Combat Support and Combat Service Support. NGATS takes advantage of modern commercial- off-the-shelf (COTS) test instruments


Soldiers perform LRU diagnosis during an operational test event at Fort Hood. (U.S. Army photo.) JULY –SEPTEMBER 2010 35


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