Major Operational Test Instrumentation

Abstract

This Project funds the development, acquisition, and integration of major operational test instrumentation for the U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command's Operational Test Command and supporting test activities at test and training ranges. Requirements for instrumentation are identified through a long range survey of project managers, Research Development and Engineering Centers (RDECs), and Battle Laboratories developing future weapon systems and the test programs that support these systems. Project focus is to address Director Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E)-identified Army test realism shortfalls. Projects are designated as a major test program based on their visibility, assessed relative technical risk (medium-high), schedule risk, cost (greater than $1.500 million per year or $7.500 million for the total project) and applicability to other mission areas or services. These projects are technically demanding, state-of-the-art, unique instrumentation assets or suites to meet technology shortfalls, and generally result from development programs managed by a professional project management team. The DOT&E annual report to Congress identified shortfalls in the Army's abilities to create realistic operational environments. The Exportable Live Virtual Constructive Command Center (XLCC)(formerly called the Integrated Live-Virtual-Constructive (LVC) Test Environment (ILTE)) project will address multiple shortfalls identified by DOT&E. XLCC is a portfolio of related development efforts that will deliver a system of systems to provide a Real-Time Casualty Assessment (RTCA) and instrumentation suite that delivers a high fidelity, realistic, real-time capability to measure hardware and personnel performance in modern combat environments. XLCC will enable testing under tactical conditions for small and large-scale operations while integrating network operations and effects in support of the Army Equipment Modernization Plan. XLCC also allows the U.S. Army to test all Current-to-Future weapon systems in a realistic operational environment. XLCC will transition Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDTE) developed performance enhancements and technology upgrades to the operational test command, control, and communications, communications network, weapons system interfaces, vehicle and dismounted-troop kits and peripherals, Global Positioning System (GPS), encryption components, and integrate operational realistic digital battlefield data collection and analysis tools. These tools will collect, store and analyze data from the digital battlefield. Improvements will enable the XLCC system of systems to measure and record accrued damage, levels of exposure, effects of countermeasures, evasive action, and instrument threat vehicles. This capability is required by the operational test community to integrate digital battlefield data collection and analysis tools to support Project Convergence, Army Modernization priorities and other operational tests.

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Document Details

Document Type
Project
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2023
Source ID
986_0604759A_6_2040_PB_2023

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  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.

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