Design of the Ballistic Missile Defense System Hardware-in-the-Loop
Abstract
Test and evaluation (T&E) of geographically dispersed integrated systems are severely constrained by cost, range safety restrictions, and ability to test while in an operational state. The Missile Defense Agency has embarked on a hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL) framework development that has the capability to characterize the performance of the Ballistic Missile Defense System by integrating the operational software in a distributed laboratory architecture. The HWIL framework is also intended to test the operational assets in their fielded configuration and location. As more advanced radar discrimination algorithms are developed, testing these algorithms and determining the impact on the system performance becomes increasingly more difficult. The ability to stimulate radar signal processors with synthetic signatures has also advanced over the last few years, thus enabling greater opportunity for testing. The integration of separate defense programs, and thus independently developed HWILs, has been a concern for the agency. The development of the Ballistic Missile Defense System HWIL will provide the agency with a unified architecture across all Missile Defense Agency programs, allowing consistent threat and environmental effects across all systems.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2008
- Accession Number
- ADA517980
Entities
People
- Bernard Vatz
- James Buford
- John Pate