Developmental Test Technology Investment
Abstract
Develops, acquires and sustains critical test technology and instrumentation: Provides the necessary test instrumentation, computer and communications systems, data collection, analysis and reporting equipment and other test capabilities to successfully develop and test the Army weapons and equipment. Provides the necessary live, virtual and constructive environment, hardware-in-the-loop capabilities and models and simulations needed for testing the Army materiel. Acquires instrumentation for reliability, availability and maintainability (RAM) data collection on tracked and wheeled vehicles; ballistic transducers for measuring chamber pressures during ammunition tests; supports development of common data collection instrumentation used in testing across all test commodity areas and test lifecycles; acquires instrumentation for electromagnetic environmental effects (E3) on ground and air systems; continues replacement and upgrade of range control instrumentation, radar, optics and telemetry equipment used in missile testing; acquires data recorders, signal conditioning equipment, data processing equipment and other instrumentation for various aircraft tests; upgrades natural environments test instrumentation used for testing weapon systems, vehicles, munitions and support equipment in extreme hot desert plus tropic environments as well as extreme cold conditions; continues upgrade of survivability/vulnerability test capabilities in support of live fire, active protection systems, and homemade explosive characterization; upgrades and replaces mobile range communications equipment and digital end devices; and develops advanced test technologies and instrumentation for testing next generation materiel such as advanced armor protection, multi-spectral sensors, and advanced soldier systems.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2015
- Source ID
- 10c63887843b657ef27f0afffd43d952