JADS JT&E: End-to-End Test Interim Report Phase 3

Abstract

The Joint Advanced Distributed Simulation (JADS) Joint Test and Evaluation (JT&E) was chartered by the deputy director, Test, Systems Engineering and Evaluation (Test and Evaluation), 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. JADS Joint Test Force (JTF) manning currently includes 18 Air Force military, 4 Air Force civilians, 12 Army military, and 1 Navy civilian. Science Applications International Corporation and the Georgia Tech Research Institute provide contracted technical support. The program is currently scheduled to end in March 2000. The JADS JTF is directly investigating ADS applications in three slices of the test and evaluation (T&E) spectrum: the System Integration Test (SIT) which explored ADS support of air-to-air missile testing; the End-to-End (ETE) Test which is investigating ADS support for command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) testing; and the Electronic Warfare (EW) Test which is exploring ADS support for EW testing. The JTF is 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 test areas. Phase 3, the transition phase of the ETE Test, is the subject of this summary report. 3.0 ETE Test Overview The ETE Test is designed to evaluate the utility of ADS to support testing of C4ISR systems. The test uses the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) as one component of a representative C4ISR system. The ETE Test also evaluates the capability of the JADS Test Control and Analysis Center (TCAC) to control a distributed test of th

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA378038

Entities

People

  • Gary Marchand
  • Paul Hovey

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Artillery
  • Computer Programs
  • Data Links
  • Joint Test And Evaluation
  • Local Area Networks
  • Network Architecture
  • Organizational Structure
  • Radar
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Test Facilities
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Microelectronics