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C. Stehle - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Choosing software and replacing ATE: lessons learned
IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, 2004Co-Authors: K. Douglass, J. Worley, C. StehleAbstract:When tasked to ensure the Minuteman Intercontinental Ballistic Missile system remains fully operational and supportable through 2020, the Air Force realized that the support capability of its legacy automated test system for the operational ground support electronics subsystem would need to be completely replaced. The legacy test system, while fully operational, was rapidly becoming non-supportable. Unless replaced with new hardware and upgraded test program sets, the needed long-term support could not be provided to the weapon system. To address this issue within the scope of available program funding constraints, the Air Force selected an approach of combining the Technical and programmatic expertise of the weapon system prime contractor, the program control responsibilities of the weapon system Program Office, and the Technical capability of an Air Force Technical Organization. The program was divided into two phases: a prototype phase and a production/rehost phase. This paper gives an overview of the program and presents valuable lessons learned during the prototype phase.
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Lessons learned by an integrated product team when selecting software and replacing aging automated test systems [missile testing]
Proceedings AUTOTESTCON 2003. IEEE Systems Readiness Technology Conference., 2003Co-Authors: K. Douglass, J. Worley, C. StehleAbstract:When tasked to ensure the Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile system remain fully operational and supportable through 2020, the Air Force realized that the support capability of its legacy automated test system for the operational ground support electronics subsystem would need to be completely replaced. The legacy test system, while fully operational, was rapidly becoming non-supportable. Unless replaced with new hardware and upgraded test program sets, the needed long-term support could not be provided to the weapon system. To address this issue within the scope of available program funding constraints, the Air Force selected an approach of combining the Technical and programmatic expertise of the weapon system prime contractor, the program control responsibilities of the weapon system program office, and the Technical capability of an Air Force Technical Organization. The program was divided into a prototype phase and a production/rehost phase. This paper gives an overview of the program and presents valuable lessons learned during the prototype phase.
K. Douglass - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Choosing software and replacing ATE: lessons learned
IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, 2004Co-Authors: K. Douglass, J. Worley, C. StehleAbstract:When tasked to ensure the Minuteman Intercontinental Ballistic Missile system remains fully operational and supportable through 2020, the Air Force realized that the support capability of its legacy automated test system for the operational ground support electronics subsystem would need to be completely replaced. The legacy test system, while fully operational, was rapidly becoming non-supportable. Unless replaced with new hardware and upgraded test program sets, the needed long-term support could not be provided to the weapon system. To address this issue within the scope of available program funding constraints, the Air Force selected an approach of combining the Technical and programmatic expertise of the weapon system prime contractor, the program control responsibilities of the weapon system Program Office, and the Technical capability of an Air Force Technical Organization. The program was divided into two phases: a prototype phase and a production/rehost phase. This paper gives an overview of the program and presents valuable lessons learned during the prototype phase.
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Lessons learned by an integrated product team when selecting software and replacing aging automated test systems [missile testing]
Proceedings AUTOTESTCON 2003. IEEE Systems Readiness Technology Conference., 2003Co-Authors: K. Douglass, J. Worley, C. StehleAbstract:When tasked to ensure the Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile system remain fully operational and supportable through 2020, the Air Force realized that the support capability of its legacy automated test system for the operational ground support electronics subsystem would need to be completely replaced. The legacy test system, while fully operational, was rapidly becoming non-supportable. Unless replaced with new hardware and upgraded test program sets, the needed long-term support could not be provided to the weapon system. To address this issue within the scope of available program funding constraints, the Air Force selected an approach of combining the Technical and programmatic expertise of the weapon system prime contractor, the program control responsibilities of the weapon system program office, and the Technical capability of an Air Force Technical Organization. The program was divided into a prototype phase and a production/rehost phase. This paper gives an overview of the program and presents valuable lessons learned during the prototype phase.
Marvin M Johnson - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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finding creativity in a Technical Organization
Research-technology Management, 1996Co-Authors: Marvin M JohnsonAbstract:These days we see a number of major corporations reducing the size of their corporate technology (CT) staffs. Some are even completely eliminating them. Others, however, continue to maintain a strong CT effort. Why do these companies still believe in RD more specifically, on the identification of creative individuals without having to wait four or more years until it became obvious who was creative. The largest subset of R&D employees organic chemists-took a series of tests, and this information and their college grades, age, point of origin, etc., were composited in every possible way to determine which factors aligned with creativity as measured by the number of patent idea records and patents. They worked on this project for about six years, grouped and regrouped every data set, and then the lines went dead. A couple of years later, at one of our annual father-and-son banquets, someone had the temerity to ask about the outcome of the study. Mr. Arnold's face went red and his response was guarded. The conclusion went along these lines: "If you want to know whether someone is creative or innovative, you ask them." This appeared to be the best yardstick they could come up with. For a couple of years in the middle 1960s, we asked R&D recruits that question during campus job interviews. This, too, fell from favor after a couple of years and several obvious failures. We then went back to other, more objective, measures such as class standing, grades, and recommendation by major professors and other faculty as a basis for hiring. A Uniform Distribution It does not appear possible to identify creative individuals before you know them well, and today hiring at Phillips, for example, is done on the basis of tests, grades or recommendations from the faculty, and to some extent, the instincts of the manager. It is reasonable to believe that the number of very creative people is almost uniformly distributed. Every research Organization has a few, and one real difference in creative output between R&D or CT Organizations is how they are treated or managed and the company culture. This is a return to my thesis of management's role of expectation, risk tolerance, patience, and desire to change, coupled with the recognition that creative effort must be suitably recognized and rewarded if it is to be sustained. That which a society cherishes will flourish. Along these lines, there is another concept which cannot be proven but seems to accord with intuition. …
J. Worley - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Choosing software and replacing ATE: lessons learned
IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, 2004Co-Authors: K. Douglass, J. Worley, C. StehleAbstract:When tasked to ensure the Minuteman Intercontinental Ballistic Missile system remains fully operational and supportable through 2020, the Air Force realized that the support capability of its legacy automated test system for the operational ground support electronics subsystem would need to be completely replaced. The legacy test system, while fully operational, was rapidly becoming non-supportable. Unless replaced with new hardware and upgraded test program sets, the needed long-term support could not be provided to the weapon system. To address this issue within the scope of available program funding constraints, the Air Force selected an approach of combining the Technical and programmatic expertise of the weapon system prime contractor, the program control responsibilities of the weapon system Program Office, and the Technical capability of an Air Force Technical Organization. The program was divided into two phases: a prototype phase and a production/rehost phase. This paper gives an overview of the program and presents valuable lessons learned during the prototype phase.
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Lessons learned by an integrated product team when selecting software and replacing aging automated test systems [missile testing]
Proceedings AUTOTESTCON 2003. IEEE Systems Readiness Technology Conference., 2003Co-Authors: K. Douglass, J. Worley, C. StehleAbstract:When tasked to ensure the Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile system remain fully operational and supportable through 2020, the Air Force realized that the support capability of its legacy automated test system for the operational ground support electronics subsystem would need to be completely replaced. The legacy test system, while fully operational, was rapidly becoming non-supportable. Unless replaced with new hardware and upgraded test program sets, the needed long-term support could not be provided to the weapon system. To address this issue within the scope of available program funding constraints, the Air Force selected an approach of combining the Technical and programmatic expertise of the weapon system prime contractor, the program control responsibilities of the weapon system program office, and the Technical capability of an Air Force Technical Organization. The program was divided into a prototype phase and a production/rehost phase. This paper gives an overview of the program and presents valuable lessons learned during the prototype phase.
Edward Hindman - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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XXX OSTIV Congress Information
Technical Soaring, 2010Co-Authors: Edward HindmanAbstract:Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 XXX OSTIV Congress Szeged, Hungary 28 July - 4 August 2010 www.ostiv.fai.org Information The XXX Congress of the “International Scientific and Technical Organization for Soaring Flight“ – Organisation Scientific et Technique Internationale du Vol a Voile (OSTIV) - will be held at the site of the 31th World Gliding Championships in the Open-, 18m- and 15m Class, Szeged, Hungary, from Wednesday 28 July through Wednesday 4 August 2010. The Congress addresses all scientific and Technical aspects of soaring flight including motorgliding, hanggliding, paragliding, ultralight sailplanes and aeromodeling. Opportunity for presentation and discussion of papers is given in the following categories: Scientific Sessions: Meteorology, Climatology and Atmospheric Physics as related to soaring flight. Technical Sessions: Aerodynamics, Structures, Materials, Design, Maintenance and Sailplane development. Training and Safety Sessions: Training and Safety, Coaching, Health and Physiology. Joint Sessions: Scientific and Technical topics, reviews or news, presented in an informative and entertaining way for the broader interest of the World Gliding Championships and OSTIV. Topics on instrumentation, electronics, statistics and other system technologies will be included in the sessions for which the application of the technology is most relevant. Typical and Suggested Topics are: Scientific Sessions: Meteorology: - Meteorological data acquisition and service for gliding operations; - Weather forecasting for soaring flight; Climatology: - Climates that support soaring flight; - Climate-change and soaring Atmospheric Physics: - Mesoscale and small convective, baroclinic or orographically induced phenomena; - New observations; measurements or analysis of convergence lines, cellular patterns, shear structures, standing and moving waves, short period cycles, turbulence, boundary layer in complex terrain; - Analytical techniques of delineating thermal and mesoscale structures from routine or experimental ground or flight data, or from remote sensors; - Modeling of thermals, mesoscale or microscale structures; Technical Sessions: The Technical sessions will cover all aspects of design, development and operation of sailplanes, motorgliders, ultralights and solar- or human- powered aircraft. Topics may include, but are not limited to: - Airworthiness, structural concepts, new materials, fatigue, crashworthiness, manufacturing processes; - Aerodynamics; - Stability and control; - Airframe vibration and flutter; - Propulsion systems; - Design integration and optimization; - New developments in flight testing; - Airworthiness requirements; - Cockpit instruments, including navigation instruments (GPS etc.). Training and Safety Sessions: Training and Safety sessions will be held on subjects covering disciplines such as: - Flight training, theory and analysis of techniques and results, psychology, objectives, training facilities and material; - Safety, health, human physiology and psychology in connection with soaring; - Human and medical factors in aircraft design and operation; - Piloting techniques; - Flight operation in controlled airspace; - Safety devices. Joint Sessions: Joint Sessions are collecting topics of general interest in the field of gliding as: - General philosophy of competition classes; - Documentation of badge and record flights; - Common interests with other air sports like hanggliding, paragliding, microlights and ultralights; - Human-powered flight; Solar-powered flight. Deadline for Abstracts and Final Paper: The deadline for the Abstracts –max. two A4 pages including figures- was 1 May 2010. Letters of acceptance together with instructions for paper preparation were mailed 15 May 2010. Deadline for the paper – max. about 10 pages including figures - is 1 July 2010, guidelines on the Technical Soaring website ( journals.sfu.ca/ts/ ). Please use the form below to send a copy of your Abstract to the OSTIV Secretariat, clearly marked as either scientific-, Technical-, training and safety- or joint-session. Oral presentations at the Congress will be limited to 30 minutes and should consist of highlights of the written paper. The paper will be automatically submitted for publication in OSTIV’s refereed international journal Technical Soaring (ISSN 0744-8996) after the Congress. There is no registration fee for the Congress! If you would like further information about OSTIV or the Congress, or if you wish to attend the Congress, please contact the OSTIV Secretariat. Call for nominations OSTIV Plaque / Klemperer Award: At OSTIV Congresses an OSTIV Plaque and Klemperer Award is presented to the person who has made a most noteworthy scientific or Technical contribution to soaring flight. The prize for the year 2010 will be presented during the Opening Ceremony of the XXX OSTIV Congress. All Active and Individual OSTIV Members can send in nominations. In making such nominations, particular attention should be given to recent contributions to soaring flight by the nominee, although earlier outstanding work will also be taken into account. Nominations should include details of the nominee’s contributions and a short biography. All nominations for the OSTIV Plaque / Klemperer Award must be received by L. L. M. Boermans, the President of OSTIV, c/o TU Delft, Faculty Aerospace Engineering, Kluyverweg 1, NL-2629 HS Delft, The Netherlands. But, the 1 May 2010 deadline has passed. Note of interest / Abstract XXX OSTIV Congress, 28 July – 4 August 2010 Please send this form to: OSTIV- Secretariat c/o TU Delft, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Kluyverweg 1, NL-2629 HS Delft, The Netherlands either via e-mail to l.m.m.boermans@tudelft.nl or via fax to (+31) 15 2783533 q Please, send general information about OSTIV. q Please, put my name on the mailing list for further information about the XXX OSTIV Congress. q I wish to attend the XXX OSTIV Congress. q I wish to present a paper at the Scientific Session of the XXX OSTIV Congress. q “ Technical Session q “ Training and Safety Session q “ Joint Session My name is: …………………………………………………………………………………………………… My affiliation is: ………………………………………………………………………………………………. My address is: …………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………………. Phone: ………………………………………………………………………….. Fax: …………………………………………………………………………….. E-mail: ………………………………………………………………………….. The Provisional title of my paper is: ……………………………………………………………………………………. The Abstract of my paper is described in the overleaf. Tentative time table: Sailplane Development Panel meeting: Monday 26 and Tuesday 27 July Opening Ceremony: Wednesday 28 July Technical Sessions: Thursday 29, Friday 30 and Saturday 31 July Excursion: Sunday 1 August Technical/Scientific Sessions: Monday 2 and Tuesday 3 August General Conference: Wednesday 4 August Papers received as of press deadline (1 June 2010): Author(s) Titles Baardman, B. Cumulus Humilis: Wireless mesh-networking for gliders Bosman, J. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Transition Models for Sailplane Wing/Fuselage Design Fovenyi, A. Making Thermal Activity Forecasts at the Hungarian Meteorological Service Gab, A., C. Santel Numeric Simulation of Glider Winch Launches Gedeon, J. State of the Natural Parameter Method for Chaotic Data Analysis and Modeling Gorisch, W. Glider’s Rate-of-climb Exerted by Atmospheric Turbulence Hartmann, J. Experimental Verification of the Passive Tip Blow-Out Yaw Control System Design Calculations Hindman, E., et al. An On-line Meteorological Self-briefing System for Glider Pilots Hindman, E., et al. Improving an Atmospheric Numerical Model using Meteorological and Glider Flight-recorder Data Jonker, A., J. Bosman The Effect of Water Absorption on the Performance of Composite Materials Knauff, T. A Ten-year Review of Glider Accidents Kollath, K. Indirect Effect of Saharan Dust Aerosols on High-level Clouds may ruin Thermal Activity Polyanszky, Z. Non-mesocyclone Tornadoes in Hungary Popelka, L. CFD and Wind-tunnel Testing of Passive Flow Control Devices on Sailplane Ailerons Sachs, G., et al. Wind Effects on Maximum-Range Sawtooth Flight Sachs, G., et al. Flight Recording of Dynamic Soaring in Albatrosses Using Miniaturized GPS Loggers Sachs, G., et al. Maximum Range Performance of Electric Motor Gliders with Retractable Engine Scherrer, M., S. Melber CFD in sailplane design - LS6 winglet design experience Souckova, N., et al. Parametric Study on Flapped Airfoil Lift Enhancement by Vortex Generators Zhang, N., et al. Measuring 3D Wind Fields in Mountain Waves using Sailplane Flight Data Zsolt, S. Collision Warning for General Aviation (Trajectory Prediction)