December 2019
COT’S PICKS Marvin Test Solutions Completes SmartCan™ Deliveries to Israeli Air Force Marvin Test Solutions, Inc. announced that it has successfully completed deliveries of all MTS-3060A SmartCan Universal O-Level Armament Test Sets to the Israeli Air Force (IAF). The rugged MTS-3060A SmartCan™ is the most advanced flightline hand-held test set available, capable of testing all Alternate Mission Equipment (AME) and Aircraft Armament Equipment (AAE) including pylons, launchers, bomb racks, and pods. Addressing an armament test gap that exists across legacy 4th and 5th generation aircraft equipped with Smart weapon technology (MIL-STD-1760), the MTS-3060A enables support for any aircraft and any Smart or legacy armament system. “The IAF has selected the SmartCan from Marvin Test Solutions as a universal flightline armament test set for F-16 and F-15 because of its robust test capabilities,” said Major Dror Hadar from the Israeli Air Force. “With the SmartCan, IAF can replace several obsolete test sets with a single test solution that is smaller, easier to use,
Pixus Develops New OpenVPX Chassis Manager Pixus Technologies, a provider of embed-
and still provides more test capabilities than all the obsolete test sets it replaces.” “We are pleased to support one of the U.S.’ closest allies with a proven universal flightline test solution that greatly improves warfighter effectiveness,” said Major General Stephen T. Sargeant, USAF (Ret.), CEO of Marvin Test Solutions. “Continuing to gain acceptance worldwide, the SmartCan reduces the time and number of maintainers required to perform all armament testing, including the critical MILSTD-1760 functionality test required to ensure successful Smart munitions employment, while reducing logistics and training needs. Furthermore, the SmartCan provides customers the most cybersecure, hand-held O-Level armament test set available.”
tions and armament, the MTS-3060A has the capacity to grow as new and more complex weapon systems are added to the inventory. The SmartCan is currently deployed in over 12 countries on multiple aircraft and utilized by the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School as a Smart weapons simulator for JDAM and AMRAAM. Marvin Test Solutions, Inc. www.marvintest.com
Incorporating advanced measurement capabilities to support new and Smart muni-
ded computing and enclosure solutions, now offers a chassis management module for OpenVPX that is compliant to the VITA 46.11 specification for system management.
The SHM200 chassis manager for OpenVPX comes in 0.8” or 1.0” pitch sizes. The unit can plug into a standard 3U VPX backplane slot, with versions with just the P0 connector or the P0/ P1 connectors for access to extended I/O. A 6U panel can also be affixed to plug into a 6U slot. The standard panel interface has RS-232, RJ-45, USB and LEDs. Monitoring of at least 6 temperature sensors and 10 fans is available on the SHM200 with custom options available. There is fan PWM/ Tach control, along with 16 digital inputs and outputs. A Level-2 unmanaged 3- port Ethernet hub is also an option. The Pixus SHM200 solution also includes a Web interface to remotely query the system. The user can import images of their boards. By clicking on the image for each slot, the user can drill down to the monitored status of the module. Pixus Technologies pixustechnologies.com
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