JADS JT&E: End-to-End Test Interim Report Phase 4

Abstract

The Joint Advanced Distributed Simulation (JADS) Joint Test and Evaluation was chartered by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (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 led with Army and Navy participation. The program is currently scheduled to end in March 2000. The JADS Joint Test Force is directly investigating ADS applications in three slices of the test and evaluation (T&E) spectrum: the System Integration Test (SIT) explored ADS support of air-to-air missile testing; the End-to-End (ETE) Test investigated ADS support for command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) testing; and the Electronic Warfare (EW) Test explored ADS support for EW testing. Phase 4 of the ETE Test is the subject of this report. The ETE Test was designed to evaluate the utility of ADS to support testing of C4ISR systems. The test focused on the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) as one component of a representative C4ISR system. The ETE Test also evaluated the capability of the JADS Test Control and Analysis Center (TCAC) to control a distributed test of this type and remotely monitor and analyze test results. The ETE Test consisted of four phases. Phase 1 developed or modified the components needed to develop the ADS test environment. Phase 2 used the ADS test environment to evaluate the utility of ADS to support DT&E and early OT&E of a C4ISR system in a laboratory environment. Phase 3 transitioned portions of the architecture to the E-8C aircraft, ensured that the components functioned properly, and checked that the synthetic environment interacted properly with the aircraft and actual light ground station module (LGSM).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA378037

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  • Gary Marchand
  • Paul Hovey

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  • Biomedical
  • C4I
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