Observed reliability of FLIR common modules and systems
Abstract
This paper describes the development of a group of modules used in Forward Looking Infrared Systems and highlights module reliability features. The modules are presently used in a number of equipments supplied to the Navy, Army and Air Force in a wide variety of environments including shipboard, airborne, ground mobile and manportable. Considerable system environmental test time has been accumulated, particularly on the Navy P-3 FLIR program, during formal Reliability Growth and Demonstration Tests. Accumulated system time and failure data is used to determine hardware reliability observed during testing. System and module reliability derived from test data is then compared with predicted reliability to determine the effectiveness of the reliability programs.
- Publication:
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Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium
- Pub Date:
- 1980
- Bibcode:
- 1980arm..symp...61D
- Keywords:
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- Component Reliability;
- Electronic Modules;
- Flir Detectors;
- Infrared Instruments;
- Reliability Analysis;
- Design Analysis;
- Hardware;
- Infrared Radiation;
- Microwave Circuits;
- Military Technology;
- Network Analysis;
- Performance Tests;
- Instrumentation and Photography