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V86A Flight Deck Communications Systems (FDCS) Maintenance Technician

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Overview

Flight Deck Communications Systems Maintenance Technicians operate and perform organizational level maintenance on AN/SRC-47(V) equipment. They work on the AN/SRC-48(V) base station and its supporting equipment.

Core Skills

  • AN/SRC-47(V) flight deck communications equipment operation
  • AN/SRC-48(V) base station and support equipment maintenance

Civilian Career Paths

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Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers

Operating and maintaining FDCS equipment, including its AN/SRC-48(V) base station, provides directly relevant communications-equipment experience for radio equipment repair.

How to prepare: Complete hands-on practice in transmission-component sweep testing to prepare for civilian radio-system testing work.

What the civilian work involves
  • Run appropriate power, ground, or coaxial cables.
  • Test operation of tower transmission components, using sweep testing tools or software.
  • Read work orders, blueprints, plans, datasheets or site drawings to determine work to be done.

Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

Organizational-level maintenance of FDCS base-station and support equipment provides an equipment-maintenance foundation for broader commercial electronics repair.

How to prepare: Take a practical electronics-repair lab focused on diagnosing faulty units with test equipment and documenting repairs.

What the civilian work involves
  • Test faulty equipment to diagnose malfunctions, using test equipment or software, and applying knowledge of the functional operation of electronic units and systems.
  • Maintain equipment logs that record performance problems, repairs, calibrations, or tests.
  • Inspect components of industrial equipment for accurate assembly and installation or for defects, such as loose connections or frayed wires.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Circuit evaluation software
  • Computerized maintenance management system CMMS

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC V86A

    [1] NEC entry "V86A - Flight Deck Communications Systems (FDCS) Maintenance Technician"; cached text line 15496; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: AN/SRC-47(V) flight deck communications equipment operation, AN/SRC-48(V) base station and support equipment maintenance, Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers (O*NET 49-2021.00), Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment (O*NET 49-2094.00)

  2. O*NET: Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers (O*NET 49-2021.00)

  3. O*NET: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment (O*NET 49-2094.00)

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