Central Test and Evaluation Investment Program
Abstract
JIM Projects: - Initiated requirements development and project planning for the Autonomous Systems Test Capability (ASTC) project that develops test capability for Service autonomous systems. - Initiated requirements development and project planning for the Advanced Durability Testing (AVDT) that develops a multi-axle vehicle chassis simulator and a drive train simulator at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD. - Initiated requirements development and project planning for the Mission System Test Capability (MSTC) project that develops the capability to support integration and interoperability testing for advanced 4th and 5th generation aircraft data links Multi-Function Advanced Data Link (MADL) and Tactical Targeting Network Technology (TTNT) in a ground test, simulation environment. - Initiated the development of requirements and project planning for the Radar Air-to-Ground Environment (RAGE) project that develops an installed test facility, ground test capability for testing advanced aircraft radars in high density air-to-air and air-to-ground environments. - Initiated the development of requirements and project planning for the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Test and Evaluation Improvements (UAS-TEI) and integrated Autonomous System Test Tool Kits to develop the capability to safely operate Unmanned and Autonomous aerial vehicles in controlled airspace. - Initiated the development of requirements and project planning for the Mobile High Energy Laser Measurement (MHELM) project to support testing of directed energy weapon systems. - Completed preliminary design for the Advanced Range Tracking and Imaging System (ARTIS) project to provide an integrated next generation suite of optical tracking systems to increase performance, reduce costs, and establish secure reliable optical tracking capability on DoD open-air ranges. - Completed requirements development, risk reduction and preliminary design for key elements of the Fast Burst Reactor Upgrade (FBRU) project. - Completed acceptance of the green G550 AEW aircraft and awarded the development contract for the Commercial Derivative Aircraft Based Instrumentation Telemetry System (CBITS) project that provides expanded telemetry support for aircraft and missile defense testing in inter-range and broad ocean area weapons testing. - Completed system development and an Initial Operational Capability of the Cyber Test Analysis and Simulation Environment (CyberTASE) project that establishes the ability to test enterprise level IT systems against increasingly robust Cyber threats. Continued development toward Initial Operational Capability. - Completed testing and achieved full operational capability of the Joint Distributed Infrared Countermeasures (IRCM) Ground Test System (JDIGS) project that provides end-to-end ground testing of IRCM systems. - Completed Initial Operational Capability providing a DoD multi-level secure and cross-domain data management T&E network environment for the Multi-Level Secure Joint/Coalition Network Environment (MLS-JCNE) project. Continued Block 2 to provide a multi-level file transfer, and multi-level work station for cross-domain data management in a T&E network environment. - Completed critical design for the UAS based Scoring sub-project at Eglin AFB, FL and contractor demonstrations of early target boat control software at Port Hueneme, CA and continued system development for the Swarm Autonomy and Scoring project that upgrades existing High Speed Maneuverable Surface Targets (HSMST) with semi-autonomous control and establishes UAS overhead scoring capabilities for testing against representative surface swarming threats. - Completed design and continued development of the Mid-Pressure Arc Heater (MPAH) project to expand the H2 Hypersonic Test Facility at Arnold Engineering Development (AEDC) Complex, TN to provide higher enthalpy at the mid-pressure altitudes to enable ground materials testing of components of hypersonic systems. - Continued design activities for the Hypersonic Test Capability Improvement Project (Phoenix) to provide a clean air, variable Mach ground test capability for hypersonic system prototypes from Mach 4 to Mach 7.5. Heater pit construction and refractory brick procurement initiated. Source selection for the system integration contract completed. -Initiated the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Range project to provide Global Hawk UAVs equipped with telemetry, Light Detection and Ranging System (LIDAR) and optical tracking for inflight data collection of hypersonic systems. - Continued the development of the Tunnel 9 High Mach Number project that develops a Mach 18 test capability at the AEDC White Oak, MD facility to support aero/aerothermodynamic modeling and simulation supporting intermediate range and strategic boost glide vehicle and maneuvering system concepts. - Continued the development of requirements and started design activities for the High Altitude LIDAR Atmospheric Sensing (HALAS) system that provides DOD launch and flight test ranges with improved ability to measure atmospheric conditions to reduce flight test evaluation uncertainty and improve launch and recovery operations. - Continued design work to upgrade the Holloman AFB High Speed Test Track to provide a full scale rain erosion capability to validate vehicle structural designs and qualify hypersonic weapon systems for flight in an open air environment. - Continued design activities for the G-Range Weather Effects project that upgrade the 3 inch G-range test track at AEDC to provide a small scale dust, rain, and snow erosion test capability. - Continued development under the M&S for Weather Effects on Hypersonic Systems project that provides a database of realistic and relevant weather conditions as a basis for ground test requirements, and develops advanced material response models validated with improved ground test data to predict weather erosion in flight. - Continued the development of the Transient Thermal Analysis Software (TTAS) project that provides improved capabilities for predicting aerothermal and ablation response to high speed, high temperature flow in ground and flight test environments. - Initiated the Reconfigurable RF Target Simulator (RRFTS) project to upgrade an Eglin AFB facility to test prototype sensors in a simulated hypersonic target and scene environment. - Completed development and integration of 16 Radar Signal Emulators (RSE) at the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR), NV and Navy Land and Sea Ranges at China Lake and NAS Pt Magu, CA to provide open-loop, transmit-only simulators that are representative of threat radar systems operating in the C and S radio frequency (RF) bands. Initiated procurement for 5 classified threat devices to be integrated with RSEs. - Completed critical design and continued system development of the Closed Loop PESA Simulator (CLPS) project to develop a closed-loop radar system that will closely replicate the performance of a widely fielded Western Pacific (WESTPAC) long-range surface-to-air missile (SAM) system. - Completed integration of four threat command posts at the Electronic Combat Range, China Lake, CA and continued system development for the Integrated Air Defense System (IADS) Enhancements project that fields high-priority, threat-representative Command Post (CP) models to open-air test ranges. - Completed Initial Operating Capability for the Next Generation Electronic Warfare Environment Generator (NEWEG) Build B project at NAS Patuxent River, MD to provide electronic warfare simulation capabilities for testing future Electronic Attack and Electronic Support Measures systems. Continued procurement and integration for the Full Operational Capability systems at 3 sites. - Completed critical design and continued development of the initial unit for integration testing. Continued system development for the Advanced Dynamic Transmitter Array (ADTRA) project to provide a complex, dynamic radio frequency (RF) threat environment at the Benefield Anechoic Facility (BAF). - Continued Integrated Technical Evaluation and Analysis of Multiple Sources (ITEAMS) activities to provide detailed analysis and validation of threat system designs and operational techniques for integration into ongoing electronic warfare projects. - Completed preliminary design and risk reduction testing for the Advanced Weapons Effects Test Capability (AWETC) project to develop a capability to more accurately measure fragment characteristics of explosive weapons(2mm size and above)and more accurately estimate collateral damage distances. - Completed Lot 1 site activation at 6 ranges for the Common Range Integrated Instrumentation System (CRIIS) project that establishes a high dynamic, sub-meter, military standard (MILS) capable range instrumentation system. Continued fielding of Lots 2 and 3. Completed F-22 configuration deliveries. Initiated software upgrade to Windows 10 and continued sustainment. - Continued early operational capability fielding of the Integrated Network Enhanced Telemetry (iNET) Project Block I capability to develop a network-enhanced aeronautical telemetry capability for T&E ranges and facilities. The project will be evaluated after flight test in mid FY19 to determine the best approach to providing this capability. - Completed Initial Operational Capability for the Network Centric Weapon (NCW) T&E Environment project that established the capability to test and evaluate an NCW in a distributed end-to-end simulation environment. Continued system design and development for Increment 2. - Completed fielding of a upgraded Ka-Band radar at the Atlantic Test Range; new HF antenna and refurbished target support pylon at the National Radar Test Facility, and continued development for the Radar Cross Section Range Relevance (RCSRR) project that upgrades radar cross section measurement capabilities of advanced low observable technologies at the Atlantic Test Range, Patuxent River NAS, MD and the National RCS Test Facility, Holloman AFB, NM. - Continued the Joint Strike Fighter Knowledge Management (KM) project to establish a next-generation KM capability that utilizes the latest in virtualization technologies, methodologies, and best practices for efficient and effective use of T&E data. Completed development of small form factor instrumentation prototypes for data collection and data analytics systems to support F-35 Initial Operational Test and Evaluation. - Continued threat system simulator, modeling and simulation development efforts to improve integration; reduce potential duplication and ensure that accurate, cost-effective representations of threat systems are available to support testing. - Initiated risk reduction activities under the Enhanced Solutions Process (ESP) for eight potential FY20 multi-Service T&E developments recommended by Service Test and Evaluation Executives. - Initiated development of requirements and project planning for Radio Frequency and Infrared Modeling and Simulation development. Resource Enhancement Projects: - Completed the Boosted Zombie Target (BZT) development of multi-stage economical targets for Patriot Advanced Capability – 3 (PAC-3), which integrated a Government Furnish Equipment (GFE) booster onto a blue "Zombie" maneuvering target. - Completed development of Joint Standard Instrumentation Suite (JSIS) Phase 1 that measured and collected signature, Time Space System Position Instrumentation (TSPI), and related data from key flight trajectory segments of threat missile and hostile fire munitions (e.g., small arms and RPG) firings to support evaluation of the missile/hostile fire warning systems such as the Advance Threat Warning (ATW) system. - Completed development of Submarine Launched Modular 3-inch Device (SLAM-3D), which provided a Cluster Duncan countermeasure emulator to help resolve the Anti-Submarine Warfare COI for the Mk 54 Mod 1 Torpedo. - Continued development of Advanced Communication Threat Testing Suites (ACTTS) Uplink Capability to develop an electronic warfare (EW) threat representative uplink jamming system to support test and evaluation of end to end satellite system responsiveness to threat systems operating in applicable bands. - Continued development of Airborne Early Warning Interoperability Simulator (AEIS) to develop the hardware and software necessary to generate a properly spaced, dense target and Electronic Counter Measure (ECM) environment for injection-mode Installed Systems Test Facility testing of the E-2D Hawkeye mission system. - Continued development of additional enhancements to Air Warfare Battle Shaping (AWBS) investments to improve air-to-air range infrastructure for NAWC-WD. - Continued development of Cognitive Electronic Warfare (Cognitive EW) Flight Test to evaluate an advanced EW system against emerging threat representations. - Continued development of Common Operational Test Vehicle and Engagement Real-Time Test Instrumentation (COVERT-I) to reduce the data collection footprint in Abrams tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles by reducing from three unique data collectors to one modular, scalable data collector with increased storage capacity. - Continued development of General Threat Torpedo (GTT) to develop a threat torpedo surrogate with upgradable interchangeable segments as an upgrade replacement for the current threat surrogate torpedo. - Continued development of Integrated Digital Acquisition Radar Environment - Upgrade (IDARE-U) to upgrade two NAWCWD Electronic Combat Range OEM Radars’ analog output with digital upgrade for downstream digital messaging. - Continued development of Joint Standard Instrumentation Suite (JSIS) Phase 2 to measure and collect missile attitude (6DOF) as well as signature, TSPI, and related data for a larger portion of the threat MANPADS trajectory at the required accuracies within a single firing to support evaluation of the missile/hostile fire warning systems such as the Advance Threat Warning (ATW) system. - Continued development of the Medium Range Target Engagement Radar (MR-TER) Radar System Emulator (RSE) to develop and integrate TER waveform replication capability into C-Band RSEs. - Continued development of the Pulsed Doppler Emitter Capability Payload for Aerial Targets (PDEC-163) to develop kinematic threat representations and threat representative emissions to provide the DDG-1000 OT SUT with the ability to collect data necessary for COTF to accredit the DDG-1000’s fire control loop weapons system response to threat targets. - Continued development of Space Fence Evaluation of Radar Effectiveness (SFERES) to fabricate a 3-axis stabilized CubeSat which will launch two spheres to support accurate evaluation of the Space Fence radar. - Initiated the development of Ultra Low-band Time Difference Of Arrival (UT) to develop the capability for a time difference of arrival (TDOA) multi-aircraft test configuration to support three aircraft under test in both the Air Combat Environment Test and the Evaluation Facility (ACETEF) and Electronic Combat Simulation and Evaluation Lab (ECSEL).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2020
- Source ID
- fcc88be4ca5bb20f2c78fb1bec8b6fd2