A Plug and Play Joint Test Environment for Future Operational Testing,

Abstract

The End-To-End (ETE) Test, conducted under the auspices of the Department of Defense Joint Advanced Distributed Simulation (JADS) Joint Test and Evaluation (JT&E), is currently developing a synthetic test environment that can be used for future operational testing and doctrinal development. This synthetic test environment is a joint venture, involving both the ETE and the US Army's Test and Experimentation Command (TEXCOM), and will be used initially to conduct operational testing of the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) and future C4ISR systems. The test environment will be the result of the merging of two advanced distributed simulation (ADS) environments that consist of live elements, hardware in the loop, DIS compliant simulations, and constructive legacy models. The ADS environments involved are the ETE Joint STARS Target Attack Environment and the Simulation Test Operational, Rehearsal Model (STORM) Environment. The plug and play aspects of this Joint Test Environment are best illustrated by current discussions with the US Air Force regarding the addition of an Air Force Target Exploitation Environment. Addition of this environment would allow the investigation of doctrinal issues of interest to both the Air Force and the Army, and further operational testing of Joint STARS. Additionally, the elements comprising the nodes may be represented by simulations or by the actual system, since all of the communication is doctrinally correct and may be passed using actual communications systems. As an example, the Improved Army Tactical Missile System could replace the currently simulated Army Tactical Missile System and operational testing could be rehearsed and conducted using a variety of operational and doctrinal schema. This paper describes the architecture of the Joint Test Environment, current developmental efforts, and potential future expansions and uses of the environment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA359371

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  • Gary Marchand

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  • C4I
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Detectors
  • Distributed Interactive Simulations
  • Environment
  • Ground Stations
  • Joint Test And Evaluation
  • Radar
  • Short Range Ballistic Missiles
  • Simulations
  • Standards
  • Surveillance
  • Target Detection
  • Targets
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Weapons

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  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation