Lockheed Martin [LMT] will integrate National Instruments’ PXI modular instrumentation and platform products in the Navy’s electronic Consolidated Automated Support System (eCASS), National Instruments said in a statement.
eCASS replaces the service’s existing CASS program as its core test system for on-ship and on-shore electronic subassembly diagnostics and repair. The NI PXI platform is PC-based and combines PCI electrical-bus features with the modular, Eurocard packaging of CompactPCI. PXI also provides commercial off-the-shelf solutions for advanced engineering challenges and support for extended lifecycle government programs, the company said.
The eCASS test equipment family includes the new NI PXIe-1066DC chassis, which adds high-availability features to the NI PXI platform, including hot-swappable, redundant cooling fans and DC power supplies. The eCASS family also includes new rack-mount controllers based on the Intel Xeon quad-core processor, PXI Express remote controllers, data acquisition modules, timing and multi-chassis synchronization modules and PXI high-speed analog output modules, the company said.
eCASS systems additionally include NI’s new MXI-Express-based VXI remote controller for controlling the VXI subsystems that provide legacy CASS support. The new NI VXI-8360LT remote controller offers a new variable power-on feature and LXI bus triggering for easy system configuration, the company said.