DDR
Digital Diagnosis and Repair
 © RACAL Instruments Group | Racal Instruments UK will develop for the British MoD a battlefield deployable, mobile Digital Diagnosis and Repair facility known as DDR. From 2008, DDR will begin to replace the existing General Purpose Digital Test and Diagnostic Facility (GPDTDF), also known as DIANA, and the General Purpose Thermal Imager Repair Facility (GPTIRF). Full Operational Capability for the new fleet is expected by 2010. |
To deliver DDR, EADS TEST & SERVICES UK will collaborate with THALES Optronics, which is a major sub contractor supplying Optronics Test Equipment, the Vehicle Container and specialist Integrated Logistics Support (ILS).
DDR will continue the existing General Purpose Automatic Test Equipment (GPATE) support for the current wide range of battlefield electronic and optronic systems, without the need for changes in their test interfaces or test programme software. At the same time, the new facility will be able to address new equipment coming into service in the 2007-2020+ timeframe.
Enhanced Test Facilities
The DDR project represents a coherent modernisation of general purpose test support for the benefit of existing and future equipment. The modernisation will provide enhanced efficiency of test operations (including faster into-action times), greatly reduced logistic footprint, and a state-of-the-art software environment that incorporates on-line databases, interactive technical manuals and embedded training facilities.
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