The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command's (NAVAIR, Patuxent River, MD) mission is to ensure the U.S. Navy has the very best in equipment and technology. Specific areas of activity include everything from aircraft to weapons systems to surveillance and even virtual reality training equipment.
As part of this mission, NAVAIR is involved in diagnosing and repairing circuit card assemblies (CCA's) for weapons, communications and avionics systems when failures occur in components for which a test program set (TPS) or schematics are unavailable. The command does this using PinPoint II functional testers from DiagnoSYS Systems Inc. (Kissimmee, FL). Initially, the Navy purchased 10 of the testers. Since that time it estimates it has been able to save approximately $800,000 per month thanks to its enhanced rework capabilities. The Navy is in the process of purchasing as many as 60 new machines over the next 4 years to further expand its testing and repair program.