Joint Advanced Distributed Simulation (JADS) Electronic Warfare (EW) Baseline Testing

Abstract

This paper describes the methodologies and implementations used by the Joint Advanced Distributed Simulation (JADS) Electronic Warfare (EW) Test team to establish baseline performance data from testing at the open air range (OAR) and a hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) facility, the U.S. Air Force Electronic Warfare Evaluation Simulator (AFEWES). The AFEWES laboratory's real-time, actual-frequency simulations of radio frequency (RF) guided surface-to-air-missiles (SAMs) and anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) projectiles were used to supplement data shortfalls from OAR threat system testing of an aircraft self-protection EW suite. Key points of discussion include: (1) gathering/evaluating OAR repeatable baseline data; (2) gathering/evaluating HITL repeatable baseline data; and (3) building JADS EW Test end-to-end scenarios. The Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California, manages both the OAR and AFEWES; the later is located at Air Force Plant Number 4 in Fort Worth, Texas.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 22, 1999
Accession Number
ADA378090

Entities

People

  • D. Wright

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Simulations
  • Computers
  • Correlation Analysis
  • Data Analysis
  • Electronic Countermeasures
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Fire Control Radar
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Statistical Tests
  • Target Tracking
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Missile Defense Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems