Militaries Choose Marvin Test Solutions MTS-3060A with Enhanced Flight-Line Test Capabilities, Cybersecurity

Militaries choose Marvin Test Solutions MTS-3060A SmartCan Gen2, with enhanced test capabilities and cybersecurity features, to support aircraft and armament systems at the flight line.

January 8, 2019

Courtney E. Howard

Marvin Test Solutions Inc. – a provider of test solutions for aerospace, defense, and manufacturing organizations – is shipping its MTS-3060A SmartCan Gen2 Universal O-Level Armament Test Set. Defense organizations in multiple countries have selected the MTS-3060A for flight-line test to ensure mission readiness of complex armament systems flown on the F-15, F-16, F/A-18, and Hawk.

F-16 Fighting Falcon image courtesy Lockheed Martin.

The Gen2 product builds on the features of Marvin Test Solutions’ MTS-3060 SmartCan Universal O-Level Armament Test Set, being used worldwide for O-Level test of smart and legacy armament systems. The MTS-3060 is replacing multiple obsolete test sets with a single handheld test solution that is smaller and easier to use while providing enhanced test capabilities, according to company officials.

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The MTS-3060A SmartCan Gen2 provides full testing capabilities for MIL-STD-1760-based systems, and delivers augmented test capabilities, expanded weapons capability, enhanced cybersecurity, extended battery life, and additional communication channels.

The MTS-3060A is designed to make test procedure development easier, employing the company’s ATEasy open-architecture software suite offering a simple-to-learn programming environment, comprehensive hardware and software simulation, and online user support through the M@GIC customer portal.

“The SmartCan Gen2 delivers significant new and advanced features that make test easy at the flight line,” says Major General Stephen T. Sargeant, USAF (Ret.), CEO of Marvin Test Solutions. “Our customers will benefit from more comprehensive test capabilities with robust, built-in cybersecurity features that help to ensure mission readiness both today and well into the future.”

F-16 military aircraft image courtesy U.S. Air Force/Staff Sgt. Jonathan Fowler.

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