JADS Special Report on Programmatic Challenges to Distributed Testing

Abstract

The Joint Advanced Distributed Simulation Joint Test and Evaluation (JT&E) was chartered by the Deputy Director, Test, Systems Engineering and Evaluation (Test and Evaluation), Office of the Secretary of Defense (0SD) (Acquisition and Technology) in October 1994 to investigate the utility of advanced distributed simulation (ADS) technologies for support of developmental test and evaluation (DT&E) and operational test and evaluation (OT&E). The program is Air Force lead with Army and Navy participation and is scheduled to end in March 2000. The JADS JT&E charter focuses on three issues: what is the present utility of ADS, including distributed interactive simulation (DIS), for test and evaluation (T&E); what are the critical constraints, concerns, and methodologies when using ADS for T&E; and what are the requirements that must be introduced into ADS systems if they are to support a more complete T&E capability in the future. The JADS JT&E investigated ADS applications in three slices of the T&E spectrum: the System Integration Test (SIT) explored ADS support to air-to-air missile testing; the End to End (ETE) Test investigated ADS support to command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) testing; and the Electronic Warfare (EW) Test examined ADS support for EW testing. The JADS Joint Test Force (JTF) was also chartered to observe or participate at a modest level in ADS activities sponsored and conducted by other agencies in an effort to broaden conclusions developed in the three dedicated tests. A key finding of the JADS JT&E was that the primary challenges to developing and executing a distributed test are programmatic rather than technical. The requirement to interact with multiple facilities and organizations with their associated processes presents potential problems over the full range of test planning from concept development to implementation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA377580

Entities

People

  • James M. Mccall
  • John Reeves
  • Larry Mckee

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  • C4I
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Commerce
  • Configuration Management
  • Department Of Defense
  • Developmental Tests
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Information Systems
  • Joint Test And Evaluation
  • Reliability
  • Simulators
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • Test Methods

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  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies

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  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
  • Microelectronics