Digital RF Battlespace Emulator (DRBE)
Abstract
The Digital RF Battlespace Emulator (DRBE) program is developing a large-scale, interactive, emulated radio frequency (RF) environment, providing the DoD with the capability to cost-effectively evaluate adaptive, intelligent, and spatially distributed next-generation RF systems. DRBE is leveraging advances in massively multi-core computing hardware and high-bandwidth digital cross-connects to emulate realistic RF environments accounting for RF platform movement, signal propagation effects and delays, signal interference, and interactions between RF systems. An electronics architecture supporting the power and latency requirements demanded by these emulation environments does not currently exist. DRBE is pursuing three technical thrust areas: architecture, massively multi-core computing, and scenario modeling. The resulting test environment will allow plug-and-play connections for hundreds of RF systems in a battlespace test. Multi-system exercises will then be quickly executed through many different combat scenarios and variations. DRBE is serving to develop concept of operations (CONOPS), inform battle plans, and fine-tune the performance of both individual and large groups of RF systems. Additional development started in 2024 greatly expands the input/output bandwidth of DRBE to support for much larger RF scenarios.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2025
- Source ID
- f2e249a2c00211f35b528ae1050d782b
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