NEW @ The Singapore Airshow 2016: Marvin Test Solutions MTS-3060 SmartCan™ Selected as the Flightline Armament Test Solution for F-16, TA/FA-50, and Hawk

SINGAPORE, Feb. 15, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Marvin Test Solutions, a trusted global provider of innovative test solutions for military and aerospace organizations, today announced its MTS-3060 SmartCan™ has been adopted by yet another country in Asia to support flightline armament test of the F-16, TA-50, and Hawk aircraft.

Marvin Test Solutions will exhibit the SmartCan^TM and other armament test solutions in booth Q75 at the Singapore Airshow, Asia's largest aerospace and defense event.

Smart Weapons. Smarter Test Systems. Successful Missions.

While 4^th and 5^th generation aircraft have received numerous upgrades to avionics and armament systems, maintainers typically still use legacy, hand-held flightline test sets. These test sets only provide continuity and stray voltage tests, creating a warfighting armament test gap because of their inability to check MIL-STD-1760 bus functionality during preload test. Therefore, undetected armament problems may exist, increasing the risk of mission failure.

The SmartCan^TM is a high-performance, hand-held flightline test set that provides full functionality testing of the MIL-STD-1760 bus via emulation for JDAM, SDB, AMRAAM, etc. The SmartCan^TM has been successfully deployed across multiple fighter and trainer aircraft including multiple blocks of the F-16, HAWK, TA/FA-50, F-15, and F-5. In fact, all TA/FA-50 units are equipped with the SmartCan^TM as part of their initial delivery support package. The SmartCan^TM has also successfully been tested on the A-10 and F/A-18.

"SmartCan^TM is the most powerful and comprehensive hand-held, O-level armament test set available today, effectively testing 100% of the armament and smart munitions carried by today's legacy and 5^th generation aircraft," said Major General Steve Sargeant, USAF (Ret.), CEO of Marvin Test Solutions. "Recently, another country in Asia joined the growing list of customers selecting the SmartCan^TM for advanced flightline test. Those who have adopted the solution are very happy with its state-of-the-art armament test capabilities and the reduced risk of post-load mission failure they get with SmartCan^TM, as compared to their legacy test solutions."

Marvin Test Solutions created the SmartCan^TM to support multiple OFPs, offering the ability to test multiple aircraft with a common test solution. The aerospace solutions provider took the existing paradigm of single aircraft test equipment and created a new, multiple aircraft test solution with SmartCan^TM, ultimately improving O-level logistics, lowering operating costs, and delivering the flexibility to adapt to future armament and munitions.

It is also important to note that every Air Force using TA/FA-50s is one step closer to more easily standardizing their hand-held flightline armament test capabilities as the SmartCan^TM can be deployed to eliminate the obsolete test equipment found in their fighter units.  "The fact that multiple OFPs can be loaded into a single SmartCan^TM for use across their flightlines allows them to cost effectively modernize their test capabilities," said Major General Steve Sargeant, USAF (Ret.), CEO of Marvin Test Solutions.

Exhibiting at the Singapore Airshow 2016

In addition to the SmartCan^TM, Marvin Test Solutions is featuring the MT-3045 Advanced Hellfire Missile Simulator and the MT-1888 Laser Source Simulator in their booth. The MT-3045 provides complete preload test for the Hellfire Missile and the MT-1888 is an eye-safe laser capable of stimulating the seeker on any laser-guided munitions. Also on display will be the MTS-207, the ultra-rugged MIL-SPEC chassis that serves as the underpinning for most MTS I-Level test sets, and the MTS-235, the only production/depot-level test set for the F-35.  

Marvin Test Solutions' CEO, Major Gen Stephen T. Sargeant, USAF (Ret.), and President, Loofie Gutterman will be onsite at the Singapore Airshow. To arrange a meeting, please contact Ms. Darcy Ortiz at darcyo@marvintest.com.

For more information regarding SmartCan or any other solutions, please visit booth Q75 at the Singapore Airshow or marvintest.com.

About Marvin Test Solutions

Marvin Test Solutions is a vertically integrated aerospace test and measurement company that has delivered innovative solutions for factory, flightline, intermediate-level, and depot-level applications since 1988. As a member of the Marvin Group, an award-winning aerospace company with more than 50 years of experience in the Defense and Commercial Aerospace industries, Marvin Test Solutions has test systems deployed in support of most of the major defense aircraft and munitions in use around the world. Marvin Test Solutions delivers full-spectrum test solutions that make test, maintenance, and sustainment of the most mission-critical systems easier and with lower total life-cycle costs.

Contact: Darcy Ortiz, darcyo@marvintest.com

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