Real-Time Targeting for Network Enabled Weapons
Abstract
The continual movement within the Department of Defense to advance net-centric warfare capabilities in operational environments has presented new challenges for test and evaluation of network enabled weapons. The Network Enabled Weapon Real-Time Targeting Tool (NEWRTTT), developed by the 46th Test Wing at Eglin Air Force Base, was created to combine real-time time-space-position information (TSPI) with user-specified test parameters into a targeting message that can be relayed to a network enabled weapon. NEWRTTT receives TSPI data sent from an instrumented dynamic target and uses it along with user-specified test parameters to build an In-Flight Target Update (IFTU). IFTUs are constructed as Link 16 messages, which are packaged using the Joint Range Extension Application Protocol (JREAP) and injected into the net-centric environment using a Link 16 gateway. Latency errors can be injected by the test engineer to evaluate the tolerance of the network enabled weapon under test. Extensibility of TSPI formats is achieved with a well-defined software interface for adding new TSPI sources. Adherence to Department of Defense standard protocols (Link 16, JREAP-C) makes NEWRTTT capable of supporting test and evaluation activities for any Link 16-capable network enabled weapon.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2010
- Accession Number
- ADA530388
Entities
People
- Scott R. Frame