Universal Synaptics is the industry leader in detecting and isolating elusive intermittent faults (the primary cause of No Fault Found (NFF) test results in electrical systems) in compliance with the Department of Defense MIL-PRF 32516. The massive digital testing void that exists today with conventional scanning test equipment led to the development and deployment of the patented Portable Intermittent Fault Detector™ (PIFD™), the Intermittent Fault Detection & Isolation System™ (IFDIS™), and the Intermittent Fault Detection & Isolation System 2.0™ (IFDIS 2.0™).

Problem Statement:

One of the major cost drivers for the Department of Defense (DOD) is the maintenance of electronics and electrical systems that control and operate a wide-ranging inventory of weapons and weapon systems. The Department spends billions per year maintaining electronics and electronic systems. One of the highest contributing causes for these costs is operationally induced intermittent faults that result in No Fault Found, Cannot Duplicate, or No Trouble Found test results, essentially false readings to the effect that there is no problem. DOD’s most recent estimate (April 2022) is that these faults add nearly $5.5 billion in non-value added costs and over 383,254 non-mission capable days annually to the cost of DOD weapons systems.