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The Reliability Engineer's TOOLKIT is an application oriented guide aimed primarily at the practicing reliability engineer but is also highly useful in providing others with a better understanding of R&M principles and techniques. It summarizes time tested reliability and maintainability (R&M) concepts and techniques for developing reliable electronic hardware. It applies primarily to advanced development and full scale engineering development projects. The TOOLKIT specifically covers numerous topics which will result in the attainment of more reliable and maintainable hardware. It addresses the practical application of proven R&M techniques which, when properly applied, will assist all hardware in meeting the R&M 2000 goals. The TOOLKIT summarizes, in the form of checklists, tables, and step-by-step procedures information needed during: R&M requirements development; contractor proposal evaluation for R&M; participation in the R&M design process. Keywords: Reliability program management, Source selection, Reliability requirements, Reliability design, Reliability analysis, Reliability testing. (aw)

This report documents the thermal analysis done by the Systems Engineering Section in support of the in-house Air Support Operations Center (ASOC) Fiber Optic Remoting Project. The purpose of the ASOC project was to develop a fiber optic transceiver that would allow ASOC systems to replace the 26 pair metallic cable with the much lighter dual fiber optic cable. In support of this project, RBES used computer aided thermal analysis and laboratory thermal measurement to design and verify the thermal design of the ASOC experimental module. (Author)