T-7A Distributed Test: Remote Testing of Prototype Aircraft

Abstract

The T-7 is the new jet trainer aircraft for the United States Air Force. The prototype T-7 test aircraft were flown based out of a contractor test facility 2,800 km away from the Air Force test team. The combined government and contractor test team established distributed test operations that enabled engineers to monitor real-time flight test missions with telemetered data and communication in control rooms at both the contractor location and the remote government location. This paper describes the setup and capabilities of the network connection, the events used to establish distributed test operations, the concept of operations, challenges encountered, lessons learned, and planned future growth of this capability.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 26, 2022
Accession Number
AD1168635

Entities

People

  • Rebecca Aronoff

Organizations

  • 416th Flight Test Squadron

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Contractors
  • Governments
  • Jet Training Aircraft
  • Lessons Learned
  • Test Facilities
  • Training Aircraft
  • United States

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.