Rotorcraft ATE - Good Automation

Consolidating Five Legacy Avionics Test Sets Into A Reusable ATE Platform

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A global rotorcraft manufacturer faced a strategic inflection point: five aging avionics test sets scattered across repair depots, contract manufacturers, and engineering centers were approaching end of life simultaneously. Extending them for new programs was increasingly impractical, and regression testing alone was consuming three engineer-months of manual effort per campaign. The status quo was unsustainable.

Good Automation took a platform approach. We designed a consolidated three-bay ATE system built around a Mac Panel high-density interconnect with an ITA adapter strategy, all implemented on the customer's internal test software framework. The architecture was deliberately reusable, designed not just for one program but as the reference pattern for future subsystem test systems. The customer's team owns and sustains it.

Avionics LRU acceptance test procedure LabVIEW support

Provided LabVIEW support for Acceptance Test Procedure development and execution on the consolidated avionics LRU test set.

Helicopter power inverter verification test software

Developed test software for the client's inverter system, supporting verification and validation of power conversion equipment for rotorcraft applications.

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Helicopter rotor and body panel fatigue test system

Provided ongoing software support for a fleet of fatigue test sets designed to autonomously stress helicopter rotor blades and body panels over months-long test durations.

Aerospace Defense Military Mission Critical Software Test & Measurement Verification & Validation

Helicopter avionics LRU test set

Developed Acceptance Test Procedure (ATP) for consolidated avionics LRU test set.

Aerospace Defense Military Mission Critical Software Test & Measurement Verification & Validation

Helicopter avionics LRU test set

Maintained and updated the Electronic Equipment Unit test capabilities within the consolidated avionics test set.

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Helicopter avionics LRU test set

Executed a major avionics test set program for a military helicopter, supporting verification and validation of avionics subsystems.

Aerospace Defense Military Mission Critical Software Test & Measurement Verification & Validation

Consolidated avionics LRU test set sustaining engineering

Performed ongoing maintenance and sustaining engineering for the consolidated avionics LRU test set that replaced five end-of-life test sets with a single monolithic system using high-density Mac panel interconnects.

Aerospace Defense Military Mission Critical Software Test & Measurement Verification & Validation

Helicopter de-icing system test set

Developed test set for helicopter de-icing subsystem.

Aerospace Defense Military Mission Critical Software Test & Measurement Verification & Validation

Landing gear automated verification and validation test set

Developed a landing gear verification and validation test set for automated testing of landing gear subsystem functionality.

Aerospace Defense Military Mission Critical Software Test & Measurement Verification & Validation

Helicopter rotor and body panel fatigue test system

Provided ongoing software support for a fleet of fatigue test sets designed to autonomously stress helicopter rotor blades and body panels over months-long test durations.

Aerospace Defense Military Mission Critical Software Test & Measurement Verification & Validation

Helicopter avionics LRU test set

Executed a major avionics test set program for a military helicopter, supporting verification and validation of avionics subsystems.

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Flight control computer test software update

Updated the Flight Control Computer LabVIEW test software to support revised test requirements and hardware configurations.

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Project Highlights

Regression testing reduced from three engineer-months of manual effort to one week of automated execution. Campaigns run overnight, results reviewed the next morning.
Architecture designed for reuse, not just one program. The same platform pattern was later applied to an automated landing gear V&V system, proving the approach scales across subsystems.
Built entirely on the customer's internal test framework. Their engineers own it, sustain it, and extend it. No vendor lock-in, no black boxes.
Multi-year engagement that expanded from avionics into landing gear and additional programs, with the original platform serving as the reference design for every subsequent build.