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Title: Effects Of Test Equipment On System Readiness And Reliability
Author: Jerry Glassman, Mary Jolene Roselauf
Source: 1976 Measurement Science Conference
Year Published: 1976
Abstract: The purpose of calibration is to maintain the integrity of test equipment. It is necessary to periodically calibrate the test equipment to assure that all required operating functions are within acceptable limits. These calibrated test equipment are used to make measurements and adjustments on primary equipment or systems. Specified design constraints, such as weight, volume, cost, power rating, signal-to-noise ratio, target missdistance, and maintainability, are basic prime system requirements. Since the advent of sophisticated weapons systems, space systems, and communication systems there has been a major emphasis on the development of reliability as a design parameter. In light of this emphasis on system reliability, it has often been asked: Does test equipment affect system performance? Intuitively, the answer to this question is yes. Otherwise, why perform system test and checkout? Clearly, an in-specification test item is more supportive of acceptable system performance than an out-of-specification test item. Can this test equipment/prime system reliability relationship be modeled and estimated?

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