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*TQS is the only authorized provider of IFDIS products and services to the DoD*

TQS Avionics Failure Research Bibliography

TQS Technical Papers or Final Reports:

• AF01-296 Phase I Contract (USG Only)
• AF01-296 Phase II Contract (USG Only)
• AF01-296 Phase III Contract (USG Only)
o HAFB – MLPRF (2 IFDIS® systems)
o HAFB – CADC (1 TPS)
o HAFB – PSP (1 IFDIS® system)
o FRCSW – GCU (3 TPS & 1 IFDIS®)
o JIT
- NAS Lemoore - GCU (3 TPS & 1 IFDIS®)
- NAS Oceana - GCU (3 TPS & 1 IFDIS®)
• US Navy IFDIS® Study: IFDIS® tested GCU F/A-18 Success at NAS Lemoore (USG Only)
• TQS’s F-16 Falcon Flex Program Studies (USG Only)
• TQS’s F-16 Weapons System Flexible Sustainment Studies (USG Only)
o APG-68 Antenna LRU
o APG-68 Digibus SRU
o APG-68 Ribbon Cable SRU

Internet Sites:

1. Military and Aerospace Electronics Magazine: Derco Aerospace Aims at Avionics Intermittent Faults with IFDIS®
2. Aircraft Maintenance Technology (AMT Magazine) Finding Intermittent Faults in Aging Aircraft Systems
3. HeliMx Magazine, The Source for Helicopter Maintenance Professionals The Right Stuff
4. Military & Aerospace Electronics Magazine Intermittent fault-detection avionics test equipment for tough NFF problems...
5. Aerospace Manufacturing and Design (AMD Magazine) Ensuring Excellence
6. Aerospace Manufacturing and Design (AMD Magazine) Design for Testing and Maintenance
7. Avionics International - Perspectives Finding 'No Fault'
8. Equipment Reliability Institute Newsletter 2006_02
9. Equipment Reliability Institute Vibration Testing & Best Practices
10. Maintenance World The Achilles Heel of Modern Electronics
11. Best Test Newsletter Selecting the Best Technology for Troubleshooting Electrical Aging/Intermittent/No Fault Found Conditions
12. Avionics Magazine Article: How Parts and Systems Age
13. Avionics Magazine Editors Note: Resolving NFF
14. Avionics Magazine Special Report: Avoiding NFF
15. Avionics Magazine: When the Average Isn't Good Enough
16. Avionics Magazine: The Digital/Analog Coin Toss
17. Intermittent Fault Finding Strategies
18. Intermittent Failures in Hardware and Software
19. Summary of Field Usage
20. IFDIS® - Expanding Role within the DoD Maintenance Enterprise
21. A Performance Tracking Methodology and Decision Support Model
22. A Test Station Health Monitoring System
23. Avionics Health Management Searching for the Pronostics Grail
24. Testing for Systems Readiness A Perspective for the Future

TQS Video References:

SBIR Success Story: TQS’s Intermittent Fault Detection & Isolation System (IFDIS®)

As part of the SBIR Program’s Seeding the Future press release, TQS’s CEO discusses our PSP IFDIS® results achieved on the F-16 Line Replaceable Unit (LRU) chassis, as well as provides a quick overview of our IFDIS®.

Intermittent Fault Detection & Isolation System (IFDIS®)

TQS employees discuss our early results achieved on the F-16 AN/APG-68 Radar System’s Modular Low Power Radio Frequency (MLPRF) Line Replaceable Unit (LRU), as well as provide a quick overview of TQS’s IFDIS®.