Electronic Warfare Test
Abstract
EWT initiated joint Electronic Warfare (EW) test technology developments to address Electronic Attack (EA) test technology needs, to expand the battlespace, and to enable improved assessment of EW platforms. This includes efforts to address inadequate laboratory and secure Installed System Test Facility (ISTF) modeling and simulation (M&S) representing evolving and changing RF threat systems, simulator and stimulator test technology. These joint EW test technologies initiated will also address shortfalls with open-air-range complex radar emitters, models, and RF threats inability to represent emerging and changing threat systems. The EWT project initiated efforts to address the inability to test EA techniques in secure environments and replicate modern threat signals through Hardware-In-the-Loop (HITL) and Installed System Test Facility (ISTF) simulations. Also, EWT initiated efforts to expand current range play-boxes to enable test and training with EW platforms that stress modern threat radar acquisition and detection ranges. The EWT project also began to address test technology needs for EW platforms and systems to have representative scale and depth for test and training of real-world missions. The EWT project continued to develop high fidelity scene generation technology for both EO and RF environments. The EWT project continued to develop high fidelity scene generation technology for both EO and RF environments. Work continued on the development of hardware and software that generates large number of independent radar targets in a high fidelity HITL facility. This enabled chamber testing of radars in more dense target environments by generating large numbers of dissimilar false targets. Work continued on high temperature IR scene projectors. The EWT project developed a dynamic infrared (IR) scene projector to enable chamber testing of missile warning systems and directional infrared countermeasure systems. The new scene projector creates scenes with higher temperatures and higher resolution creating a more threat representative environment for sensor test. The effort transitioned and delivered scene projectors to the Air Force Guided Weapons Evaluation Facility (GWEF). Work continued on increasing the efficiency of LED pixels for use in IR scene projectors. Work continued on development of interfaces for use of Active Electronically scanned arrays for open air range threat simulators.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2024
- Source ID
- e29bb36e86874b7bcbd49c07f6a514cf