JADS End-To-End Test-The Final Chapter
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), developed a synthetic test environment using simulations connected by satellite that can be used for future testing, training and doctrinal development. This synthetic environment was used initially to assess the feasibility of using distributed simulation to conduct developmental and operational testing of the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS). As designed and built, it may be used to conduct future testing of systems such as the Block II Joint STARS, the common ground station (CGS), the All Source Analysis System (ASAS), and the Block II Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS). The final chapter of the ETE Test was the Phase 4 advanced distributed simulation (ADS)-enhanced operational test (OT). Phase 4 consisted of three flights of the Joint STARS E-8C over Fort Hood, Texas. During the flights, the aircraft conducted radar surveillance of a battlefield consisting of Fort Hood and its environs and eastern Iraq. The synthetic environment, represented on the radar screens, consisted of 10,000 virtual entities involved in a battle in Iraq and numerous real entities located at Fort Hood. The virtual battlefield was generated by the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Analysis Center (TRAC), White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), New Mexico, using Janus. Radar images observed on the aircraft consisted of real, virtual, and mixed images displayed simultaneously on the operator workstations. All radar data were transmitted to Army ground stations and further processed by the Army's ASAS. Targets were chosen based upon the radar data and sent to Fort Sill, Oklahoma, where virtual ATACMS missiles were fired back into the Janus battlefield. The results of these fire missions were than observed by the radar and presented to the ground stations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1999
- Accession Number
- ADA378019
Entities
People
- Gary Marchand