About – Joint Intermittent Testing Working Group

The Joint Intermittent Testing Working Group (JIT WG) ‘s general purpose is to work together to advance intermittent technology and address electronics intermittence across the DoD sustainment enterprise.

Electronics maintenance is a leading driver of weapon systems non-availability, accounting for over $10B in Fy18 sustainment costs. It is not uncommon for up to fifty percent of the electronic components entering maintenance to be No-Fault-Found (NFF); exacerbating electronics availability issues and resulting in over 278,000 days of end-item systems non-availability and approximately $3B in non-value-added sustainment costs annually.

The JIT WG is championing a DoD initiative to rapidly promulgate intermittence detection and isolation capabilities.

Universal Synaptics, V2500 Engine EWIS Testing

Universal Synaptics, Successful EWIS Test Project on the V2500 Engine

Universal Synaptics, A-10 EWIS Testing Project at Hill AFB, Utah

Tony Iseminger, Technical Director, connects an A-10 DRA through existing USAF procured interface cables to the Intermittent Fault Detector (IFD) via an AWTS / PATS-70 patch cable. Several intermittent faults were detected and isolated in the AWTS / PATS-70 cables, as well as the Unit Under Test (UUT) that conventional ATE is incapable of detecting or isolating. — Universal Synaptics, A-10 EWIS Testing Project at Hill AFB, Utah Tony Iseminger, Technical Director, connects an A-10 DRA through existing USAF procured interface cables to the Intermittent Fault Detector (IFD) via an AWTS / PATS-70 patch cable. Several intermittent faults were detected and isolated in the AWTS / PATS-70 cables, as well as the Unit Under Test (UUT) that conventional ATE is incapable of detecting or isolating.

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Photos provided courtesy of Universal Synaptics.