An overview of the support equipment data acquisition and control system

Abstract

The C-17 program developed Test Program Sets (TPS) at a single location. The concurrent aircraft avionics development plus the wide geographic C-17 avionics supplier base could have proven a significant roadblock to TPS deliveries. Support Equipment Data Acquisition and Control System (SEDACS) controls the communication links for TPS development and supplier electronic data. The benefits are a versatile conversational link with both data suppliers and users. Engineering productivity and centralized configuration management by SEDACS successfully provided a key tool for product deliveries to the first C-17 operational squadron, the 437th Airlift Wing at Charleston Air Force Base.<>