What is the MTBF for F-16 Wiring Harnesses?
Posted by John Ashour on November 20, 2017
Many readers probably do not know what the term Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) means. MTBF is a measurement of the number of days (or years) that a device will fail based on test results or past performance. In the aerospace industry, MTBF is calculated for just about every piece of equipment that has active • Read More >>
What are the Ten Most Problematic Areas for Kapton Wiring Inside an F-16?
Posted by John Ashour on November 13, 2017
Like most airplanes, the F-16 is made up of four basic structures: (1) fuselage, (2) wings, (3) horizontal tail, and (4) vertical tail. Inside each of these structures are smaller sections that house: (a) other structures such as bulkheads, (b) equipment (both electrical and mechanical), (3) tubing/ducting, and (4) electrical wiring harnesses. Tubing/ducting and electrical • Read More >>
Who is APS and What is Their Specialty?
Posted by Clare McGarrey on November 6, 2017
Aviation Procurement Systems (APS) is a privately-owned, parts and repair service for military and commercial aircraft equipment based out of Gaithersburg, Maryland. APS works directly with foreign governments worldwide in order to distribute necessary aerospace, defense, and security supplies. They focus on providing fixed wing and helicopter parts from their industry-leading OEM partners. Along with • Read More >>
How Many Breaches are There in the Wiring of a 20-Year-Old F-16?
Posted by John Ashour on October 30, 2017
Two common question that InterConnect receives are: (1) “How many wiring harnesses are there in an aircraft? and (2) “How many miles of wire are there in an aircraft?” This blog will answer these questions as well as one more question which is “How many breaches are there in the wires of a 20-year-old F-16?” • Read More >>
What is Arc Tracking of Kapton Insulated F-16 Wire?
Posted by John Ashour on October 23, 2017
Until 2001, all F-16’s were manufactured with wiring harnesses that contained Kapton insulated wires. In May 2001, Lockheed Martin asked the companies who were making F-16 wiring harnesses to replace Kapton insulated wires with TKT insulated wires. Kapton is a DuPont tradename as is TKT. TKT stands for Teflon/Kapton/Teflon. Kapton is a light-weight insulation • Read More >>
How Many Breaches in F-16 Wire Insulation is Acceptable?
Posted by John Ashour on October 16, 2017
Occasionally a customer will ask InterConnect how many breaches in a wire’s insulation is acceptable. The answer is an easy one; there should not be any breaches in the insulation of any wire inside an aircraft. So why is that? And, what is a breach? A breach in the insulation of a wire is when • Read More >>
Fourth Quarter Trade Shows
Posted by Clare McGarrey on September 25, 2017
In the fourth and final quarter of 2017, InterConnect Wiring will be attending many more trade shows and conferences! The first trade show of October is the AAAA Luther Jones Army Aviation Sustainment Forum from the 4th – 5th, located in Corpus Christi, Texas. This forum acts as a networking platform for those in the • Read More >>
Topics: Blog, Trade Shows
Who is LGA and What is Their Specialty?
Posted by Clare McGarrey on September 11, 2017
Long Global Aeronautics (LGA) specializes in distributing electrical and structural components to over 4,500 F-16 aircraft worldwide. LGA is based only 4 miles away from Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth, Texas, where the first F-16 was created. LGA is a certified HUBZone corporation and a registered Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB) entity. The specific • Read More >>
F-16 TCG WWR, InterConnect Wiring, and Soft Style T-Shirts
Posted by Clare McGarrey on September 4, 2017
What does the 2017 F-16 Technical Coordination Group (TCG) World Wide Review (WWR), InterConnect Wiring, and T-Shirts have in common? A lot! All three will be in Ogden, Utah from September 10th through September 14th, 2017. InterConnect Wiring is celebrating 25 Years in Business by giving out t-shirts at this year’s F-16 TCG WWR. In • Read More >>
Topics: Blog, F-16, F-16 Electrical, F-16 TCG, F-16 TCG WWR, Kapton vs TKT
INTERCONNECT WIRING IS SAFE
Posted by InterConnect on August 28, 2017
InterConnect Wiring has received numerous calls of concern from our customers regarding the impact that Hurricane Harvey has had on us here in Texas. We are happy to say that we are safe and that our operations are not affected like our fellow Texans to the South of us. Fort Worth, the home of InterConnect • Read More >>
