Central Test and Evaluation Investment Program
Abstract
Autonomous Systems Test Capability develops a Digital Robotic and Autonomous Systems Integrated Virtual Environment (DRIVE) for testing DoD autonomous ground vehicle systems and an open-air range Safety Environment, Engagement and Response (SEER) capability to safely test full scale autonomous vehicles. Autonomy Integration and Teaming develops a suite of capabilities furthering UAS systems integration into controlled airspace and the test tools for integrating manned-unmanned teaming between ranges. Early demonstration at Pax River, MD has been successful. Initial capabilities will be delivered to NAS Pax River, MD, Redstone Arsenal, AL and Edwards AFB, CA. Counter UAS Lethality Diagnostics will provide a shielded enclosure for flight controllers, lethality and HPM diagnostics for cUAS operations. Counter UAS develops a prototype high-fidelity X-band radar for tracking cUAS capabilities against commercially available small UAS. This provides a Common Operating Picture system for real-time awareness, data collection and analysis. Counter UAS Jamming Operations develops an open-air capability for creating a mission relevant RF test environment for testing CUAS systems at NAWCAD Webster Field, MD. Naval Autonomous Systems Test Capability establishes an M&S capability to test the performance of Naval surface ship autonomous systems software. Advanced Range Tracking and Imaging System develops the next generation suite of optical tracking systems to increase performance, reduce costs and establish secure reliable optical tracking capability on DoD open-air ranges. Short-Wave Infrared Zoom Lens develops a short-wave IR metric zoom lens to be mounted on multiple DoD tracking systems to track, determine effects phenomenology, and TSPI of aerial directed energy targets at night and in obscuration. Common Vehicle and Engagement Real-Time Test Instrumentation will reduce the size, weight and power for vehicle test data collection by replacing three unique data collectors with one modular, scalable data collector with increased storage capacity. This capability supported Abrams M1A2 System Enhancement Package (SEP) V3 and Bradley M2/M3A4 FOT&E and will support future vehicle tests. Hybrid Tracking System will develop a modular system of sensors to provide a range of capabilities for providing time, space position information, in GPS denied environments, for aircraft and weapon testing. Joint Standard Instrumentation Suite (JSIS) Phase 2 acquires a missile attitude instrument suite used to capture 6-DOF TSPI and validate RF and IR missile models, while meeting requirements associated with OCONUS transport and operation. Littoral Electromagnetic Range establishes a secure, well-instrumented coastal test environment at NIWC, San Diego to validate emerging commercial and government electromagnetic systems and tactics. Maritime Tomahawk Range Safety Upgrade provides an additional telemetry frequency to Block V Tomahawk test assets enabling range safety control and telemetry in support of stream raid/simultaneous engagements. Open-Air Multi-Spectral Data Collection develops a test capability for T&E of integrated multi-spectral threat warning receivers and infrared countermeasures against complex multi-spectral threats. This effort will field co-located RF and IR mobile threat simulators and a portable C2 node for realistic threat presentation to engage the SUT. Over Water Impact and Location Scoring System develops an open ocean weapons impact scoring system to provide persistent, relocatable range capability for beyond line of sight, high precision weapon scoring and range surveillance. Directed Energy High Speed Data Recorder develops a ruggedized, shielded, man-portable high-speed data recording system for HPM directed energy testing. Government Radiometrically-Accurate Instrument for Laser Evaluation develops a diagnostic system for confirming performance of current and future HEL systems. Directed Energy Remote Target Status Sensor develops a system capable of measuring HPM effects on internal components attacked by HPM systems. Directed Energy S-Band Threat Source develops a frequency agile S-band HPM threat source for MIL-STD 464C vulnerability testing. Directed Energy Tethered HPM Recorder and Electronic Attack Target effort accelerates development of instrumentation necessary for testing UAS vulnerabilities in an HPM threat environment. Directed Energy System Placement Analysis Tool upgrades existing capability to provide 3D outdoor effects test planning tool with safety assessments needed to support testing of Counter UAS HPM systems. HPM E-Field Sensor develops a portable wide area measurement system to characterize the HPM E-field and test blue HPM effectiveness against airborne threats. HPM VHF Threat Simulator develops a test source to support wideband VHF MIL STD 464C testing of a full-sized target such as an aircraft. Closed Loop PESA Simulator develops two transportable, closed-loop threat radar systems replicating the performance of a classified, widely fielded long-range surface-to-air missile system. EO/IR direct injection will develop test capability in which EO/IR imagery is directly injected into the systems’ core computer via sensor emulators. Electronic Attack Drone for Army T&E develops a package for BQM-167 drone target that can target multiple radar systems under test (SUT)s at multiple frequency bands. IADS Enhancements and Networked Threat Emulation develops a comprehensive threat-representative IADS capability at Electronic Combat Range, China Lake and other facilities providing four threat-representative Command Posts to existing EW capabilities. Interactive CNI RF Environment Simulator will address ISTF shortfalls in CNI RF testing on modern aircrafts by expanding upon current ISTF capability to provide an operationally relevant ground test environment. Joint Electronic Warfare Cyber Techniques, Effects and Characteristics development provides an RF and cyber effects test environment for Electromagnetic Maneuver Warfare. Joint Electronic Warfare Airborne Instrumentation Interoperability development was initiated to maximize airborne instrumentation interoperability between the CTEIP developed Common Range Integrated Instrumentation Systems and Air Force/Navy Tactical Combat Training System II, and established a blueprint for merging baselines into a common system. Development will continue from FY 2021-2026 which includes upgrading CRIIS encryption to NSA requirements as well as data link and ground software upgrades to increase interoperability between CRIIS and TCTS-II on test and training ranges. Joint Electronic Warfare DIADS Integration upgrades DIADS M&S capacities to support expansion of EW testing across western test ranges. Joint Electronic Warfare Open Air Battle Shaping will establish an enterprise architecture and approach to implement multi-range aircraft instrumentation interoperability and network connectivity to meet test and training needs for air warfare missions. This includes upgrading aircraft instrumentation and multi-range aircraft compatibility and simulated effects needed to provide enlarged, realistic, interoperable battlespace as aircraft transit multiple ranges during a large-scale test and training scenario. Radar Air-to-Ground Environment will develop capabilities for testing high-density air-to-air, air-to-ground,) and advanced signals (AS) in an ISTF environment. The radar environment simulator will provide digital RF memory devices that capture, store, delay, scale, and return radar signals to the radar under test. Ultra-Low Band Time Difference of Arrival (provides Next-Generation Electronic Warfare Environment Generator hardware to enable multi-ship correlation of simulated signals to a specific emitter or emitters. Hypersonic Test Capability Improvement develops a clean air, variable Mach ground test capability from Mach 4 to Mach 6 for DT&E of full-scale hypersonic boost glide and scramjet weapon systems. Procurement and detailed design continued in FY 2021. Mid-Pressure Arc Heater development expands the DoD H2 Hypersonic Test Facility to provide higher enthalpy at the mid-pressure altitudes to enable ground testing of Prompt Global Strike, Maneuvering Reentry Vehicles, and SCRamJet components such as nose cones, fins, and other leading-edge surfaces. The next generation aeroshell test capability develops an arc heater facility that increases DoD’s capacity to conduct aerothermal materials testing in support of hypersonic missiles, ballistic missiles, and other high altitude ballistic/maneuvering munitions. The system will more than double the annual test capacity. G-Range Weather Effects upgrades the current test track to provide a small-scale rain and snow erosion test capability to validate vehicle structural design. High Energy Laser Dynamic Environment develops 6 DoF vibration tables for HEL systems mounted on ships, ground vehicles, and aircraft. High Pressure Air Compressor provides additional air compressor capability at AEDC to reduce recharge time resulting in more test runs per week at the Aerodynamic and Propulsion Test Unit and J5. Joint Economical Sled Track Rocket develops a new modular rocket propulsion system for the three DoD high speed test tracks including an improved capability to ground test full scale components at hypersonic speeds. Diagnostic Scoring System (Radar on a Raft) Motion Compensation develops a radar pedestal motion compensation mechanism and test and verification system to support weapon lethality testing in broad open ocean environments. Mach 7 test capability at the AEDC tunnel 9 return to service provides a full-scale aerothermal structural capability for seeker aperture development. M&S for Maneuvering Boost Glide Vehicles - Transient Thermal Analysis Software upgrades a tool set improving capabilities for predicting aerothermal and ablation response to high speed, high temperature flow in ground and flight test environments. M&S Enhancements Weather Effects develops advanced material response models validated with ground test data to predict weather erosion in flight. Reconfigurable RF Target Simulator upgrades an Eglin AFB facility to test prototype sensors in a simulated hypersonic target and scene environment. Reagan Test Site Non-Ballistic Radar Tracking develops advanced, non-ballistic tracking algorithms and the supporting infrastructure to track non-ballistic hypersonic vehicles. Reagan Test Site Kiernan Reentry Measurements Site Technology Refresh will refresh KREMS Radar hardware and software systems to increase system functionality and system capability. Accelerated Vehicle Durability Testing develops a multi-axle vehicle chassis simulator and a drive train simulator to test heavy 4 and 5 axle vehicle performance and reliability. Radar Cross Section Range Relevance is comprised of eleven development efforts providing upgraded and new RCS measurement capabilities to measure and evaluate advanced low observable technologies in increasingly complex and cluttered environments. Scene Projector will improve high fidelity, high temperature scene protectors for installed system and hardware in the loop laboratory testing of sensors and seekers for high speed weapons and missile engagements. Dense Plasma Focus develops an ultra-short pulse simulation capability to test the vulnerability of missile components to very short, intense bursts of neutrons from a fusion-based nuclear weapon. Fast Burst Reactor Upgrade develops new high purity, high enriched uranium rings and safety blocks for the fast burst reactor at White Sands Missile Range, NM to conduct neutron vulnerability testing of missile and other components. Heavy Ion Test Facility Upgrade for Single Event Effects (SEE) testing. A Single Event Effects (SEE) adds an additional SEE Beamline to increase capacity of testing natural space radiation. White Sands Test Center Survivability and Vulnerability Rarefaction Waveform Eliminator Upgrade provides an improved louver system for the large blast simulator to prevent debris hitting the test object. White Sands Test Center Survivability and Vulnerability Xenon Lamp Facility Upgrade provides an improved control system and subsonic wind capability for this system. X-Ray Simulator for Test and Evaluation of Nuclear Survivability replaces and upgrades three DoD X-ray simulators that measure the susceptibility of missile components to damage from high dose warm and cold x-rays experienced in space. Advanced Communication Threat Testing Suites Uplink Capability develops an EW threat representative uplink jamming system for T&E of satellite system responsiveness against threat systems. General Threat Torpedo develops a threat representative torpedo vehicle that tactically and acoustically emulates threat torpedoes that are not currently available for surface or sub-surface ship testing. IR and RF Threat M&S upgrades 10 RF and 10 IR authoritative Intelligence Community missile models supporting the DoD Threat Model Analysis Program (TMAP), Enhanced Missile SIGnature (EMSIG) and other high-fidelity seeker models. Maritime Survivability Library Threat M&S Tool evaluates the lethality of emerging anti-ship weapons, using artificial intelligence/machine learning techniques. Multispectral Sea and Land Target Simulator Emitter Upgrades modernizes IR Missile plume simulator emitters to meet current and future systems’ fidelity requirements, as well as improve the simulators’ availability and sustainability replacing obsolete equipment and augmenting the available standby emitters. Towed Array Threat Emulator (TATE) Threat Representation will provide a modular towed array/architecture to add to the Submarine Launched Countermeasure Emulator for full duplex submarine countermeasure testing. Tactical Aerospace Laser Optical Simulator – High Altitude will develop a dual laser threat simulation capability to evaluate space-based ISR sensors against surrogate ground- and air-based laser threats. Adaptable Multi-Band Asset for Global Navigation Satellite System develops a threat representative multi-modal global navigation satellite system jammer to provide denial and deception jamming of PNT information during operational test and training. Army Threat Force Geospatial System completes development of the Common Operational Picture system for management of Threat Force assets. Electronic Attack-5G development provides a threat representative Electronic Attack capability against 5G systems for denial, degradation and deception of service attacks during operational test and training. Towed Airborne Plume Simulator Helicopter will provide an infrared threat missile plume-simulator to support rotary wing Aircraft Survivability. Cyber Test Tools * Avionics Test Bed 2.0 develops a common framework to allow embedded avionics components to engage in an error-free state while component level cybersecurity T&E is performed. * Bindle Linux Harness Automation automates the construction of harnesses that the fuzzer can then use to launch and feed inputs to a Linux based system under test. * Full Authority Digital Engine Control (FADEC) Tool develops a test bench and cyber tools to assess the cyber vulnerabilities of the main communication and control channels and data links. * Network, System Integration and Test Environment Cyber Test Capabilities expands the NSITE application to include cyber capabilities to monitor, check for, alert on, identify messaging, and identify the source of the messaging that is modified, or indicates a modification “tip-off” capability. * Non-IP Cybersecurity Suite will provide a Non-IP threat attack tool suite for Navy vessel cyber testing.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2023
- Source ID
- 50a6692d7c3192fb95d51cec01c95f53