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Irvine (September 16, 2008) – An agreement for a strategic alliance and the joint development of high-performance digital test instrumentation has been signed by Geotest – Marvin Test Systems, Inc. and EADS North America Test and Services.
The activity will focus on evolving the capabilities of the new Talon Instruments™ family of T964 high-performance digital test instruments, which was recently introduced by EADS North America Test and Services in the VXI instrumentation standard. Under the agreement, Geotest will implement the T964 in the more compact PXI industry standard form factor.
The agreement brings together Geotests extensive PXI digital test instrumentation capabilities with the considerable experience in VXI-based digital test technology offered by EADS North America Test and Services. The accord was signed by executives of the two companies at last weeks AUTOTESTCON 2008 conference in Salt Lake City, Utah.
“Geotest already is the leader in high-performance digital test instrumentation for the PXI platform, with products ranging from static digital to 200 MHz vector rates,” said Loofie Gutterman, president of Geotest – Marvin Test Systems, Inc. “Our arrangement with EADS North America Test and Services will enable us to provide our customers with even a higher performance digital subsystem that is platform-independent, allowing system designers a much greater range of options and capabilities when configuring test systems for commercial, aerospace and military applications.”
James Mulato, president of EADS North America Test and Services, emphasized the benefits of making the T964 technology available to a broader portion of the market. “Our T964 is the newest, most exciting test instrumentation product available in VXI, and provides a comprehensive solution for testing today’s advanced electronic boards and systems – as well as emulating older functional test systems and digital instrumentation. We now will be working with Geotest to make this technology available in the PXI platform as well.”
T964 test instruments in the PXI standard can be deployed for a variety of uses, from the replacement of
legacy automated test equipment (ATE) to production testing for both circuit board and component-level products.
The PXI modular instrumentation standard provides a rugged, high-performance PC-based measurement and automation system. During the past several years, PXI has seen a rapid acceptance in the worldwide test sector, and today is used in market segments where measurement, control, or automation is required – including consumer electronics, communications, advanced research, aerospace, and military.
The VXI bus architecture is an IEEE-standard platform format that offers high-performance instrumentation in a rugged, compact and modular form. Its core utilization is in automatic test systems for the military and avionics markets.
For More Information: To learn more about the Geotest-EADS product development agreement or receive information on Geotest products and services, contact Geotest at:
Telephone: 888.837.8297
949.263.2222
Fax: 949.263.1203
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.geotestinc.com
About Geotest – Marvin Test Systems, Inc. – A subsidiary of the Marvin Group, Geotest – Marvin Test Systems, Inc. is a global supplier of PXI and PC-based test products, systems, and solutions. Geotest’s products and systems are used worldwide in thousands of aerospace, semiconductors, communications, medical, industrial, and military test applications.
About EADS North America Test & Services – EADS North America Test & Services designs, manufactures, sells, and services electronic test and measurement equipment, systems, and software to leading high-technology customers throughout the world. The company works with core customers to define test requirements and deliver support solutions by providing general purpose ATE products, designing and building unique ATE products and systems, enhancing and integrating software offerings, and establishing nationwide OEM and military test engineering services. Among the key market sectors the company serves are military, aerospace, marine, medical, telecommunications, semiconductor, and commercial manufacturing.