ITEA 2012 Investing in the Future of Test Mr. Chris Paust Deputy Program Manager Central Test and Evaluation Investment Program 1
DoD Cost of Testing A $10B Enterprise *Then Year Dollars ($K) 2
TRMC Investment Programs T&E/S&T CTEIP JMETC Established in FY2002 Matures/develops test technologies for transition to CTEIP and Services 6.3 RDT&E funds ~$100M / year 80 active projects in 8 test technology areas Electronic Warfare Directed Energy Cyberspace Netcentric Systems High Speed Systems Unmanned Systems Advanced Instrumentation Spectrum Efficiencies Established in FY1991 Develops or improves test capabilities that have multi-service utility 6.4 RDT&E funds ~$150M / year 43 current projects 19 projects developing core Joint capabilities 13 projects improving threat representations used in testing 11 projects addressing nearterm OT shortfalls Established in FY2007 Provides corporate infrastructure for distributed Joint testing 6.5 RDT&E funds ~$20M / year 67 current sites Expanding to 77 sites Maintains Network connections Security agreements Integration software Interface definitions Distributed test tools Reuse repository 3 3
CTEIP Criteria Support multi-service/agency T&E need Promote interoperability and standardization across DoD Not duplicate existing capability Developmental (not procurement) Technology Readiness Level 6 or better Executable risk (technical, cost, and schedule) Service/Agency life-cycle ownership agreements 4
Cost to Achieve T&E/S&T Program CTEIP Transitioning Technology to Capability Technology Readiness Levels TRL 9 TRL 8 TRL 7 TRL 6 TRL 5 TRL 4 TRL 3 TRL 2 TRL 1 Actual system 'flight proven' through successful mission operations Actual system completed and 'flight qualified' through test and demonstration System prototype demonstration in an operational environment System/subsystem model or prototype demonstration in a relevant environment Component and/or breadboard validation in relevant environment Component and/or breadboard validation in laboratory environment Analytical and experimental critical function and/or characteristic proof of concept Technology concept and/or application formulated Basic principles observed and reported 5
CTEIP Central T&E Investment Program Mission: Develop or Improve Major Test Capabilities that have Multi-Service Utility Initiated DEPSECDEF 9 November 1988 Established in FY91 by Congress 6.4 RDT&E funds Purpose Have multi-service utility Be developmental Be non-procurement 43 Active Projects T&E Master Plan (TEMP) References MILSATCOM Atmospheric Scintillation Simulator AEHF survivability and effectiveness testing in realistic atmospheric environments Ground Mounted Seeker Simulation Advanced open-air SAM simulator to support IDECM Block IV effectiveness testing Prec Tgt Sig - Performance Mover (PTS-RPM) Radar reflective/mobile tgts to support Gray Eagle UAS testing Threat Systems Project (TSP) 1-2 year requirement horizon EMD of target capabilities Address shortfalls in threat systems representation Coordinated with DOT&E $3-5M/year Joint Improvement & Modernization (JIM) 3-5 year requirement horizon EMD of Major Test Capabilities Must address joint requirements Services & Agencies budget for O&M over Life-Cycle of delivered capabilities $110-120M/year Resource Enhancement Project (REP) 1-2 year requirement horizon EMD of instrumentation needed to address an emergent requirement Must address OT shortfalls Coordinated with DOT&E $18-20M/year 11 TSP, 19 JIM, 13 REP = 43 Projects 6
Funding By Test Resource Area 1 Project 6 Projects 3 Projects 10 Projects 13 Projects 14 Projects 7
Where is the current focus? Accurate TSPI (Time Space Positioning Information) Precision tracking capability for high-dynamic aircraft Safe Test of Large Footprint Weapons Miniature, low power, modular flight termination system for small high dynamic weapons Infrared Countermeasure Testing Realistic representations of IR missile threats to test IRCM systems-under-test Spectrum Efficiencies Advancing efficiency of aeronautical telemetry at Open Air Test Ranges 8
Accurate Time Space Position Information (TSPI) Drivers Program Example Common Range Integrated Instrumentation System (CRIIS) - First real-time, highprecision (sub-meter) TSPI range system Adds 2 new internal mount configurations for F-22, F-15, F-18, and F-35 New high throughput ground station for Army, Navy & AF ranges Challenge Goal Field airborne capability starting in 2014 Replaces obsolete ARDS (pod only) system fielded for 25 years on 10 MRTFB ranges, training venues, foreign military end-users GPS ARDS Provide precise Ground Truth TSPI for high accuracy future Systems Under Test (SUT) CRIIS Development Status- Successes Successfully completed Preliminary Design Review in FY11 and on-track for Critical Design Review in FY12 Flight testing to start in FY13 9
Safe Realistic Testing of Large Footprint Weapons Drivers Program Example Subminiature Flight Safety System (SFSS) Leverages completed CTEIP projects: Joint Advanced Missile Instrumentation (JAMI) provides GPS-based TSPI and real time post flight data processing Enhanced Flight Termination System (EFTS) provides new digital and encrypted flight termination link Challenge Longer range (large footprint) of new missiles necessitates the use of flight termination systems for flight safety Limited unused space inside modern missiles requires flight termination systems to be subminiature in size (~18 inch 3 vs. ~96 inch 3 ) Goals More realistic operational test of long range weapons- eliminate range safety constraints Reconfigurable, modular, low power design suitable for high dynamic environments Demonstrate on multiple ranges in FY15 Development Status- Successes Completed Preliminary Design Review. Identified JASSM as initial customer with integration contract award in late FY12 Detailed design and testing in FY12/13 10
Drivers Advanced IR Missiles Advanced IRCM Systems MWS DECLARE Infra-Red Countermeasure (IRCM) Testing HANDOFF SUSTAIN & TRACK Challenge Laser Jammer MISS LASER JAM and/or FLARES Flares Not feasible to fire missiles at manned aircraft to test IRCM system effectiveness Present IRCM system-under-test with a realistic representation of an incoming missile Ground Based (JMITS) Missile Simulators Airborne (TAPS) Program Examples Ground Based Missile Simulators JMITS - Joint Mobile IRCM Test System (Fielded) MSALTS- Multi-Spectral Sea and Land Target Simulator Airborne Threat Missile Simulator TAPS - Towed Airborne Plume Simulator (Fielded) Installed System Environments JDIGS - Joint Distributed IRCM Ground Test System Missile Signal Processors in the Loop (SPIL) Development Status -Successes JMITS upgraded with Quantum Cascade Laser to achieve higher power in red band MSALTS completed Preliminary Design Review with IOC planned for FY14 JDIGS completed Risk Reduction Demonstrations and Preliminary Design Reviews in 2011 Block A planned IOC in FY14 Block B low TRL components in technology maturity phase under T&E/S&T Program IRCM Test Resource Requirements Study Update Identifying urgent Hostile Fire Indicator testing needs 11
Spectrum Efficient Technology Test Capability Driver Spectrum and Data Rates Trends Challenge Develop a Range Telemetry capability that: Provides more efficient/effective ways to use available spectrum Reduces test and re-test time by fixing data drop-outs Enables selective data acquisition during tests Program Example Integrated Network Enhanced Telemetry (inet) Block 1 Project Enhances current 1-way Serial Streaming Telemetry (SST) systems with a 2-way network capability Leverages Service and TRMC initiatives to develop C-band spectrum for downlink Leverages T&E/S&T projects addressing: 1) network handoffs, 2) multi-path mitigation, and 3) forward error correction Goal Test inet Block 1 capability at Edwards Air Force Base and Patuxent River Naval Air Station by FY14 Development Status- Successes Using multiple suppliers for components. Ground testing at the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) System Integration Laboratory Successfully completed Preliminary Design Review 12
What does the future have in store? Cyberspace & Network Centric Systems Technologies and capabilities to emulate, visualize, and assess our abilities to defend cyberspace Unmanned Autonomous Systems Technologies and capabilities to test interoperability and effectiveness of unmanned systems Electronic Warfare Testing Capability to simulate Electronic Attack of red systems and evaluate effectiveness of blue Electronic Protection systems Testing in Urban Environments A robust, realistic environment to test mission effectiveness and interoperability of systems under test (to include electromagnetic effects) 13
Net-Centric Warfare Testing Drivers Joint service test & training exercises are increasing in frequency and complexity Testing of Net Enabled Weapons Interoperability testing of systems of systems. T&E must exploit networks,e.g., the Global Information Grid Distributed Live, Virtual and Constructive Testing Challenge Program Example Interoperability Test and Evaluation Capability (InterTEC) Provides the products to: Construct, control, instrument, capture joint C4ISR data Stimulate and analyze an operationally relevant distributed test environment Perform post-event analysis Support interoperability certification Goal Field full capability (Spiral 3 Release 3) and transition support to JMETC by end of FY13 Development Status-Successes Spiral 3 (Release 2) System Acceptance Testing (SAT) completed in November 2011 Successfully conducted Cyber T&E event at Eglin AFB in conjunction with SAT. Project completing sustainment planning FY12 Resolve battle space interoperability problems before networked systems are brought to war 14
T&E for Unmanned Aerial Systems Drivers Challenge Develop a set of interoperable Army, Navy, and Air Force ground test simulators that support: Program of Record test schedules & requirements: e.g. Gray Eagle, Shadow, BAMS, & Global Hawk Simulated testing in the National Airspace (NAS) OSD Unmanned Systems Integrated Roadmap FY2011-2036 Program Example Joint Unmanned Aerial System Mission Environment Project Airspace Integration test UAS safety cases, collision avoidance and sense and avoid payloads Manned-Unmanned Integration test UAS control and handoff procedures Networking and Interoperability STANAG compliance, data links and beyond line of sight communications Goal Field initial Block 1 capability at Patuxent River in late FY13. Full fielding through Block 3 at Redstone Arsenal and Wright Patterson AFB by FY16. Development Status- Successes Successful completed Acquisition and Affordability Review (MS-I) in Jan 2012 Preliminary Design Reviews to be held Apr 12 15
Electronic Warfare Testing Drivers Program Examples Next Generation EW Environment Generator (NEWEG) project Block A: A multi-axis jammer test capability for Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) Block B: High fidelity EW T&E capabilities at ACETEF at Pax River, MD Synthetic Battlefield Emitter Systems (SBES): Provide realistic open air Red/Blue network communications environment Challenge Provide high fidelity ground testing of new multi-axis jammer (Next Generation Jammer) Provide high fidelity EW simulation (in a ground test facility) closer to flight test reality than current ISTF including: The capability to test increased detection and processing capabilities of U.S. EW systems Better models to address platform motion, direction finding, modulation, environment, and threats Growth potential in testing UAV Sense & Avoid Goal Field NEWEG Block A in FY13 to support NGJ source selection Development Status-Successes Completed Tri-Service Electronic Warfare Test Capabilities Study (TEWTCS) as foundation for NEWEG project Successfully completed Milestone I for NEWEG Block A in February 2012 Started Tri-Service Signals Library Study as foundation to start of SBES project in FY13 16
Urban Environment Testing Drivers Program Example Challenge Develop test capabilities that measure both the effects of Urban Environment (UE) on systems under test (SUT) and SUT interactions in UE Technical performance Operational effectiveness Suitability and survivability Joint Urban Test Capability (JUTC) Project FY2010 New Start Addresses Critical Capability Gap in DoD Strategic Plan for T&E Resources Leverage results of Urban Environment Test Capability Study Leverage S&T investments in advanced instrumentation Goal Develop robust, realistic, technically relevant, urban test environment: Accurate physical, electromagnetic and population effects Test-Quality Instrumentation and Data Collection Development Status Completed Test Capability Requirements Document (TCRD) Expected to enter EMD in FY12 17
Summary DoD budget realities will likely shrink available T&E funding over the next decade Department is looking at $500B reduction over the next 5 years Testing accounts for 1-2% of system acquisition costs But that s still a $10B enterprise! We must manage it efficiently! Demands from the T&E community have never been greater Data volume----data rates----data fusion----data Analysis With limited/decreasing resources, we must get more efficient Test Technology investment and transition Test Capability investment Shared use of resources A partnership with the Services providing essential T&E capabilities 18
Contact Information Mr. Christopher Paust Test Resource Management Center Deputy Program Manager, CTEIP 571-372-2732 christopher.paust@osd.mil 19