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AIDASS test system convinces Eurocopter SUZ
AIDASS test system convinces Eurocopter SUZ
Military Air Systems (MAS) has won a new customer for its successful test system AIDASS (Advanced
Integrated Data Acquisition and Stimulation System). The system is now also being used on the NH90
and Tiger helicopters. Since February, the Eurocopter System Support Centre (SUZ –
Systemunterstützungszentrum) in Ottobrunn has been using AIDASS in its operations to test and
qualify its NH90s and Tigers. The MAS Test Centre and the Eurocopter SUZ work in close
collaboration in order to handle this.
The initial version of AIDASS was actually designed for the Tornado. Since then, MAS has developed
the system continuously. Today, AIDASS is the most widely used test-support system in EADS’ major
military projects, and has set long-term standards for test and integration systems in the company,
even beyond the military domain.
In many programmes, AIDASS is used under a project-specific name: all four nations involved in
developing the Eurofighter are employing the system as the basis for the four-nation test system MaTE
(Modelling and Test Environment). The development engineers of Airbus models A320, A330 and
A340 in Toulouse are likewise using it as a core element of the integration environment (‘SYGAM'). In
addition, AIDASS is being used in collaboration with colleagues in Spain to test the A400M transport
aircraft, the unmanned testbed Barracuda and the Neuron UAV project – in this case as an essential
part of TESIS (Test Environment System for Integration and Support). Beyond that, the system is
earmarked for the Talarion and the Spanish UAV Atlante.
The system's main areas of application are testing during the development phase and aircraft
qualification. Thanks to its open architecture, its application spectrum ranges from software,
equipment and system tests in the development phase to mobile testing devices for the in-service
phase and tests for electronic warfare (EW) applications.
Information from DSCOEM/DSCOIM, 2 March 2010
