Army Test and Evaluation Command Developmental Testing: Industry/Government Roundtable – Perspectives on Transforming DT and OT Brian Simmons Technical Director U.S. Army Developmental Test Command 3 March 2004

Army Test and Evaluation Command 2 Bottom Line Upfront Key Factors Driving DT/OT Integration Technology spirals into current systems Time not available for sequential DT then OT Troops are deployed; hard to come by for OT Distributed test capability – online now AND The Urgency of Fielding New Systems to an Army at War!

Army Test and Evaluation Command 3 Why DT/OT Integration? Bradley Fighting Vehicle Stryker FBCB2/Blue Force Tracking Army Testing Timeline Years Months 1 Week Future will be more about weeks than years

Army Test and Evaluation Command 4 ATEC T&E While at War Planning for FCS Deployment breaking Traditional T&E phases Must focus more here in DT while at war Early DT LUT LRIP Traditional IOTE too late; Soldiers unavailable Full DT of production items IOTE Full Rate Production CERTEX Must maximize OT data Collection from CERTEX Traditional T&E Phases

Army Test and Evaluation Command 5 Deployed Unit Equipment Model Post Deployment Model Desired Equipment to Be maintained in unit RFI Equipment (PM Funded) Unit Purchased Equipment (O&M Funded) Urgent Material Release Equipment (PM Funded) IRAQ Transition Equipment (CONOPS Funded) TOE Equipment

Army Test and Evaluation Command 6 ATEC Operational Assessments (OA) OA I Automated Battlefield Control System (ABCS) – Completed to support the decision for good enough OA II Shortstop Electronic Protection System (SEPS) / WARLOCK Lightweight Counter-Mortar Radar UAVS – Raven, Shadow, Hunter, & Predator ……. Purpose is to assess system performance in an operational environment. Insights gained from these assessments support program decisions Stryker OA in progress

Army Test and Evaluation Command 7 Small Unit UAV Other Layered Sensors Robotic Direct Fire Robotic NLOS Fire Robotic Sensor Manned C2/Infantry Squad From This... To This... Network Centric Testing Network Centric CentricForce Distributed Fire Mechanisms Platform Centric Testing System of Systems Testing

Army Test and Evaluation Command 8 Army Distributed Testing Strategy Concept for FCS DT&E Linking Live, Virtual and Constructive ATEC Inter-Range Control Center (at White Sands) Stimulation SimulationSoSil Test Centers Sil

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10 Joint Distributed DT/OT Issues Defense Research and Engineering Network (DREN) and Defense Information System Network-Leading Edge Services (DISN-LES) Merge Protocols/Interfaces –Test and Training Enabling Architecture (TENA) Funded by OSD CTEIP; All Services participating Need to complete the effort Need range-wide buy-in –Common Object Request Broker Architecture Mandated for use in JTRS, other systems Widely used in industry –Real-time test requirements present challenges for both Fidelity of Simulations Classified Networks Joint Test Execution –Funding Strategy –Prioritization –Procedures –Results Future Demands that Test Interoperability as important as Joint Operations Interoperability

Army Test and Evaluation Command 11 Summary ATEC was formed to optimize DT, OT and Evaluation effectiveness for the Army Three years of combined T&E planning now paying dividends in supporting an Army at war. Internal ATEC processes changing – continued DT and OT partnerships in test planning and conduct, as well as technology and instrumentation development are our path for the future