RDT&E Architecture and Integration
Abstract
The National Counterterrorism/Counterinsurgency Integrated Test and Evaluation Center (NACCITEC) at Yuma Proving Grounds consists of three Joint Experimentation Range Complexes (JERCs), which to date have been leveraged primarily to support development of counter Improvised Explosive Device (IED) technologies. The JERCs, with additional investments, are capable of functioning as a venue for a much wider spectrum of evaluations designed to support the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) mandated development of an institutionalized “Rapid Acquisition Capability.” The requested funding supports the development of a representative forward operating base (FOB) infrastructure designed to assess force protection systems and to support future rapid prototyping and rapid fielding initiatives. This expanded focus into FOB defense technologies and to future threat and capabilities assessments will continue to be updated and enhanced as the threat evolves. Potential focal areas include analysis of future homemade explosives (HME), future IEDs, counter IED capability development, characterization of future electro-magnetic environments and the integration of multiple sensors and weapons in a cohesive FOB defensive architecture. This initiative aligns under the QDR focal area “Institutionalizing Rapid Acquisition Capability” and its third tenant “Assessing Alternatives and Executing a Solution (Acquisition).”
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2013
- Source ID
- P830_0603826D8Z_3_0400_PB_2013
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