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AT Aviation Electronics Technician

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Overview

Aviation Electronics Technicians maintain aircraft electronics systems, including computers, communications, radar, navigation, sensors, wiring, weapons systems, electronic warfare equipment, and tactical displays. When working at the intermediate level, they repair aviation electronic components and replaceable assemblies, calibrate and repair test equipment, and maintain associated test benches.

Minimum ASVAB: VE+AR+MK+MC 217 or VE+AR+MK+AO 217

ASVAB policy: Not policy-reviewed · coverage unknown · as of 2026-10-19

Program scope has not been reviewed.

Policy applicability and coverage of the program's score routes have not been reviewed. Shown-route arithmetic is not an eligibility decision.

Source: milpersman-1306-618-rating-list-2026-04 (source date 2026-04). Policy applicability has not been established.

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Core Skills

  • Conventional and automatic component testing
  • Weapons and shop replaceable assembly repair
  • Test equipment calibration and bench maintenance
  • Fiber optic, laser, and infrared system maintenance

Civilian Career Paths

Career associations are editorial assessments of the cited evidence, not an official crosswalk unless the evidence explicitly says so. O*NET supplies civilian occupation information, not proof of a military match. Related experience does not confer civilian qualifications. Tasks and tools below describe civilian work, not military training.

Avionics Technicians

Aircraft electronics maintenance, replaceable assembly repair, and conventional and automatic testing transfer directly to civilian avionics troubleshooting and repair.

How to prepare: Compare your aircraft and bench maintenance experience with the ASTM NCATT AET exam content to identify topics needing review.

What the civilian work involves
  • Test and troubleshoot instruments, components, and assemblies, using circuit testers, oscilloscopes, or voltmeters.
  • Adjust, repair, or replace malfunctioning components or assemblies, using hand tools or soldering irons.
  • Install electrical and electronic components, assemblies, and systems in aircraft, using hand tools, power tools, or soldering irons.

Photonics Technicians

AT maintenance of fiber optics, lasers, and infrared systems, together with test equipment calibration, provides a foundation for photonics equipment maintenance.

How to prepare: Complete a hands-on optical testing course that includes laser power measurement and fiber optic calibration, prioritizing equipment you have not maintained.

What the civilian work involves
  • Compute or record photonic test data.
  • Adjust or maintain equipment, such as lasers, laser systems, microscopes, oscilloscopes, pulse generators, power meters, beam analyzers, or energy measurement devices.
  • Document procedures, such as calibration of optical or fiber optic equipment.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel

Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers

Maintenance of aircraft communications, data links, wiring, and electronic components transfers to testing and repairing civilian telecommunications equipment.

How to prepare: Take a hands-on telecommunications equipment course covering installation and fault isolation in telephone and data switching systems.

What the civilian work involves
  • Test circuits and components of malfunctioning telecommunications equipment to isolate sources of malfunctions, using test meters, circuit diagrams, polarity probes, and other hand tools.
  • Test repaired, newly installed, or updated equipment to ensure that it functions properly and conforms to specifications, using test equipment and observation.
  • Assemble and install communication equipment such as data and telephone communication lines, wiring, switching equipment, wiring frames, power apparatus, computer systems, and networks.

Training & Development

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Getting Started

  • ASTM NCATT Aircraft Electronics Technician (AET)

    Demonstrate aircraft electronics knowledge for the civilian avionics path.

    Eligibility and preparation: The examination is open regardless of career field, training, education, or experience; no prior credential is required.

    For: Avionics Technicians

Career Growth

  • General Radiotelephone Operator License (PG)

    Support specialization in adjusting, repairing, and maintaining aviation radio transmitters and receivers covered by FCC rules.

    Eligibility and preparation: Pass written Elements 1 and 3 or receive credit, demonstrate satisfactory knowledge of FCC rules, and be able to send and receive spoken messages correctly in English.

    For: Avionics Technicians

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (9 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol I (NEOCS, Jan 2026 edition): AVIATION ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN (AT)

    [1] Rating chapter "SCOPE OF RATING"; cached text line 11715; NAVPERS 18068F Vol I, 2026-01 edition

    Supports: Conventional and automatic component testing, Weapons and shop replaceable assembly repair, Test equipment calibration and bench maintenance, Fiber optic, laser, and infrared system maintenance, Avionics Technicians (O*NET 49-2091.00), Photonics Technicians (O*NET 17-3029.08), Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers (O*NET 49-2022.00)

  2. O*NET: Avionics Technicians

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Avionics Technicians (O*NET 49-2091.00)

  3. SpaceTEC Partners, Inc.: ASTM NCATT certification information, exam list, and FAQ

    [3] Background; Exams Offered (Aircraft Electronics Technician, AET Endorsements, Other ASTM NCATT exams); Frequently Asked Questions; retrieved 2026-09-23

    Supports: Avionics Technicians (O*NET 49-2091.00)

    [6]COOL credential mapping: ASTM NCATT Aircraft Electronics Technician (AET) · AT cached COOL credential feed

    Supports: ASTM NCATT Aircraft Electronics Technician (AET)

  4. O*NET: Photonics Technicians

    [4] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Photonics Technicians (O*NET 17-3029.08)

  5. O*NET: Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers

    [5] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers (O*NET 49-2022.00)

  6. SpaceTEC Partners, Inc.: Qualifications for ASTM NCATT Certifications

    [7] Sole qualifications statement on page; retrieved 2026-09-23

    Supports: ASTM NCATT Aircraft Electronics Technician (AET)

  7. COOL credential mapping: General Radiotelephone Operator License (PG)

    [8] AT cached COOL credential feed

    Supports: General Radiotelephone Operator License (PG)

  8. eCFR: 47 CFR 13.201 - Qualifying for a commercial operator license or endorsement (FCC)

    [9] sec. 13.201(a) and (b)(2); eCFR current through issue date 2026-09-21, text retrieved 2026-09-23 via eCFR API

    Supports: General Radiotelephone Operator License (PG)

  9. eCFR: 47 CFR 13.203 - Examination elements (FCC commercial radio operators)

    [10] sec. 13.203(a)(1)-(2); eCFR current through 2026-09-21, retrieved 2026-09-23 via eCFR API

    Supports: General Radiotelephone Operator License (PG)

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Predecessor codes

Historical codes with documented links to AT. Each history page explains the change.

AETMAviation Electronics Technician's MateAFCAviation Fire ControlmanALAviation ElectronicsmanARMAviation Radioman

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