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  • 1 Office of the Secretary of Defense Test Resource Management Center Test & Evaluation/Science & Technology Opportunities June 8, 2015
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  • 2 Test Resource Management Center Presenters Moderator: Mr. Robert Heilman Principal Director, TRMC: Mr. Derrick Hinton TRMC STEM Lead: Ms. Denise De La Cruz
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  • 3 Our Objective Today Raise awareness of the mission of the Test Management Resource Center Describe the opportunities available through our Test & Evaluation / Science & Technology Program Discuss the future and its impact on Test & Evaluation Raise awareness of the TRMC STEM Initiative
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  • 4 Test Resource Management Center (TRMC) Overview Derrick Hinton Principal Deputy, TRMC
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  • 5 TRMC Organization Effective April 1, 2011, the DASD(DT&E) serves concurrently as Director, TRMC Dr. C. David Brown Director, National Cyber Range Pete Christensen Director, National Cyber Range Pete Christensen Deputy Director, Corporate Operations & MRTFB Policy Sheila Wright Deputy Director, Corporate Operations & MRTFB Policy Sheila Wright Deputy Director, T&E Range Oversight Bruce Bailey Deputy Director, T&E Range Oversight Bruce Bailey PD, TRMC Mr. Derrick Hinton PD, TRMC Mr. Derrick Hinton DASD(DT&E) Dir, TRMC Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Hon Frank Kendall Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Hon Frank Kendall Staff Director Col Erik Webb, USA Staff Director Col Erik Webb, USA Chief Financial Officer Bruce Buchner Chief Financial Officer Bruce Buchner Deputy Director, Tech. Development George Rumford Deputy Director, Tech. Development George Rumford T&E/S&T Program PM George Rumford T&E/S&T Program PM George Rumford Deputy Director, Interoperability Chip Ferguson Deputy Director, Interoperability Chip Ferguson JMETC Program PM Chip Ferguson JMETC Program PM Chip Ferguson Deputy Director, Test Capabilities Development Gerry Christeson Deputy Director, Test Capabilities Development Gerry Christeson EWIIP PM Gerry Christeson EWIIP PM Gerry Christeson CTEIP PM Chris Paust CTEIP PM Chris Paust ASD(R&E) Mr. Al Shaffer, Acting ASD(R&E) Mr. Al Shaffer, Acting PD, DT&E Dr. Brian Hall PD, DT&E Dr. Brian Hall Starting July 2015
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  • 6 Material Development Challenges Extreme heat requiring Thermal Protection System (TPS), shell made of advanced materials TPS materials tested in Arc Jet Heaters up to 180 atmospheres & 13,000 degR Arc jets achieve these extreme temperatures by flowing high pressure air over an electric arc and through a supersonic nozzle Bottom Line: Designing test facilities is just as challenging as designing hypersonic flight vehicles Game-Changing Technologies Challenges in Hypersonic T&E Hypersonic flight environment is difficult to replicate on the ground Hypersonic flows are difficult to accurately model Scramjet Test at NASA Langley Arc Jet Heater Hypersonic Vehicle in Flight
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  • 7 Game-Changing Technologies Managing T&E of Autonomous Systems We Must Transform T&E Culture We Must Develop Accepted Cross-domain standards, metrics, and test methodologies Human-Robot-Robot interactions Multiple interacting domains (Air, Land, Sea, Undersea) ranges Georgia Tech Research Institute Study To assess and develop an approach to gaps and required investments in T&E infrastructure for autonomous systems
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  • UNCLASSIFIED OTHER RANGES Mobile Apps & Adaptive Networks OTHER RANGES CEC C2 CONTROL NET Unmanned Systems & Networks Range Control Facility Joint Task Force TAC NET C4I Providers Bidirectional Secure Range Network Test and Evaluation Range in Action 8
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  • TRMC Mission T&E Infrastructure T&E Investments MRTFB Planning, Assessment and Oversight Strategic Plan for DoD T&E Resources Updated every 2 years in coordination with the Military Departments, Defense Agencies, and specified OSD offices T&E Budget Certification Certify to the Secretary of Defense adequacy of DoD T&E Budgets Test & Evaluation/Science & Technology (T&E/S&T) Program Central Test & Evaluation Investment Program (CTEIP) T&E advanced technology development T&E capability development Joint Mission Environment Test Capability (JMETC) T&E distributed test integration National Cyber Range (NCR) Cyber T&E Environment 9
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  • 10 Major Range and Test Facility Base (MRTFB): The Critical Core 23 Sites: Army-8; Navy-6; Air Force-7; Defense Agency-2 Legend: Army, Navy, AF, Defense Agency NUWC Keyport (Nanoose & Dabob Ranges) NAWC-WD China Lake 30 th Space Wing NAWC-WD Point Mugu 412th Test Wing Yuma Test Center Nevada Test and Training Range Utah Test and Training Range West Desert Test Center White Sands Test Center Electronic Proving Ground PMRF U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll Reagan Test Site DISA,JITC 96 th Test Wing (Includes 96 th Test Group) Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center 45 th Space Wing Arnold Engineering Development Complex Aberdeen Test Center DISA Cold Regions Test Center Tropic Regions Test Center, various locations NAWC-AD Patuxent River Updated 21 Apr 2014
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  • 11 Established in FY02 Joint DDR&E / DOT&E Initiative Transitioned to TRMC in FY05 RDT&E Budget Activity 3 funds Purpose High Risk / High Payoff R&D for Testing Foster technology transition to major DoD test ranges Risk reduction for test capabilities developments Annual Broad Agency Announcements (BAAs) Academia Industry Government Laboratories Tri-Service working groups Validate requirements Evaluate proposals Facilitate technology transition Central Oversight Distributed Execution 82 Active Projects Test & Evaluation / Science & Technology (T&E/S&T) Program Shaping Technology into Tomorrows T&E Capabilities High Speed Systems 14 Active Projects Eight Test Technology Areas Directed Energy 14 Active Projects Cyberspace 3 Active Projects C4I & Software Intensive Systems 8 Active Projects Electronic Warfare 15 Active Projects Unmanned & Autonomous Systems 4 Active Projects Advanced Instrumentation 11 Active Projects Spectrum Efficiency 13 Active Projects Mission: Develop Technologies Required to Test Future Warfighting Capabilities
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  • 12 Requirements Drivers Central Test & Evaluation Investment Program (CTEIP) Established in FY91 by Congress with 6.4 RDT&E funds Mission: Develop or Improve Major Test Capabilities that have Multi-Service Utility 19 JIM, 6 EW, 13 REP, 11 TSP = 49 Projects Near-Term Investments Long-Term Multi-Service Investments Core 3-5 year requirement horizon EMD of major test capabilities Must address multi-Service need Development, not procurement Services & Agencies budget for O&M over life-cycle $110-120M/year EW Special DoD area of emphasis EMD of electronic warfare (EW) test capabilities Focus is on assessing performance of aircraft against complex new threats Service budget for life-cycle O&M Total cost ~$465 over ~7 years Threat Systems Project (TSP) 1-2 year horizon Address shortfalls in threat systems representation Coordinated with DOT&E $3-5M/year 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 Resource Enhancement Project (REP) Joint Improvement & Modernization (JIM) Annual review of near term OT requirements Bi-annual Multi-Service T&E Reliance Nomination Process Multiple DoD EW studies Annual review of threat needs
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  • 13 Joint Mission Environment Test Capability (JMETC) Program Secret Network 76Current Sites 9New Sites Planned 7Connections Points to Other Networks Ft Hood (2): CTSF, TTEC WPAFB: SIMAF Leverages the SECRET Defense Research and Engineering Network (SDREN) for connectivity Operates only at the SECRET classification Continuous monitoring, troubleshooting, and optimization of the end-to-end network infrastructure Capable of supporting numerous simultaneous test events Ft. Greely: CRTC MHPCC PMRF: Bldg 105 Pax River: (9) E2C, E2D, MCL, ACETEF, SAIL, ATR, E-2C SIL, UASIL, MFS ETC SYSCON East Interconnect Rtr. Langley TDLITC JS J8 DDC4 C4AD Wallops Island (2): SCSC, SSDS Dahlgren: IWSL Rapid-SIL/C2 (2) DOC, ICSTF Dam Neck CDSA Newport News NGC VASCIC Norfolk COMOPTEVFOR McLean MITRE NSEL Redstone (10): SMDC RTC: DTCC, DISTL SED: Patriot, THAAD, FAAD, GSIL, JLENS, MUSE, C-RAM AMRDEC Crane (2): NSWC RDT&E, NTN Lab Moorestown: CSEDS Army Air Force Navy Marines Joint Industry Academia GTRI Sites in Hawaii Site in Alaska Ft. Sill (2): FSED, SMART Lab Ft Huachuca: (5) JITC, JTDL, CMIS, JTRS, EPG Kingstowne JMETC / TENA SDA Lab Camp Pendleton: MCTSSA China Lake (3): F/A-18, IBAR, TSPIL Edwards (2): Corona: NSWC Point Loma : SSC-PAC 59140 Point Mugu (3): ITEC, EA-6B. EW CyCon W. Interconnect Rtr. Rancho Bernardo NGC Triton 412 th EWG IFAST Ridley Palmdale, Triton Eglin AFB (5): AOC, DTF, GWEF, KHILS, JDAT Charleston (2): SSC Data Ctr MEF-MEU Dugway Proving Ground Melbourne NGC JSTARS Boeing LabNet Tukwila Keyport NUWC Rome NY AFRL Newport NUWC Kirtland AFB DMOC Tinker AFBAWACS Boeing LabNet Berkeley Greenville Rivet Joint Ft. Bliss MCC WSMR IRCC Raytheon Tucson Yuma PG LMCO Global Vision Network Richmond NRO CTE USSTRATCOM Aberdeen: ATC-STE Updated Apr 2015
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  • 14 Provides the ability to rapidly design, deploy and sanitize large scale, high fidelity test and training environments Extremely malicious threats can be unleashed on operationally, representative systems and networks to assess the impact on the network, networked weapon systems, the associated mission Significant technological advancements incorporated into integrated tool suite Highlighted by the significant level of automation Ability to support up to four concurrent events, executed in completely isolated testbeds, at different levels of classification Automated sanitization capability Expunges all malicious code from every component used within the event and returns it to a pristine state ready for reuse Sanitizes not only storage but also servers (including non-volatile RAM) and network equipment Time saving In many cases, what previously took weeks or months has been reduced to hours or days Allowing users the ability to rapidly plan, execute, and analyze their test or training initiatives NCR also provides SME Available, at the discretion of the user, to support the planning, execution and analysis of test and training events NCR is able to collaborate with other cyber ranges using secure networks When test events require special capabilities or additional scale National Cyber Range (NCR) Encapsulation Architecture & Operational Procedures Computing Assets/Facility Integrated SW Testing Toolsuite
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  • 15 A Look at What Drives Impacts to the T&E Infrastructure Why We Need Technology Enhancements
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  • 16 50 Years of Exponential Progress Weve hit the 50 th anniversary of Moores Law Produced in 2013Produced in 1971 2,300 transistors Built by hand Used in F-14 Tomcat 4,000X Faster 5,000X Less Energy 50,000X < cost/transistor What does 50 years of exponential progress look like? 1.4 Billion transistors 5 Billion transistors built per second Annual production = 20 Million for every person on earth
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  • 17 Living in an Exponential Age Linear ProgressExponential Progress 26 Steps = 26 meters 26 Steps = A walk around Earth 30 steps = Circle Earth 26XA walk across the room
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  • 18 What Did Exponential Increases Provide? The first video was uploaded to YouTube Facebook was a year old, and acquired URL facebook.com for $200K An early prototype autonomous car completed DARPA Grand Challenge for the first time The term Drone meant a military weapon system Android was a small startup that Google had just acquired Lets look at the last 2005 The iPhone was two years away from its 1 st release
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  • 19 Billion users, 300 hours of video uploaded an hour 1.4 billion users from every country on earth share 2.5 million pieces of content every minute Googles autonomous cars have logged > 1M miles Every auto manufacturer working on a version Drones from $50 - $1,500 used by everyone from kids to Amazon Over a billion Android users Lets look at What Did Exponential Increases Provide? 2015 iPhone 6: 32% thinner, 5% lighter, 40% >display, 200% >resolution, 700% >RAM, 800% >storage, 340% >processor, 60%
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  • 20 Technologies & Trends Leaning into the Future 20 100 billion connected devices = trillion sensor ecosystem 100 billion connected devices = trillion sensor ecosystem By 2025 we will have 100 billion connected devices The more connected we are, the more we depend on the net, the greater our vulnerability Today 2.8B of 7B+ people on earth connected By 2020 entire earth population will be connected Today 2.8B of 7B+ people on earth connected By 2020 entire earth population will be connected Massive increase in connected devices 20
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  • 21 Every year we produce more computing power than the sum of all previous years soon to become unlimited and nearly free By 2025 a computer costing $1K will have the equivalent processing speed of the human brain. By 2029 it will have human level intelligence. Fully intelligent machines operating with zero human control Fully intelligent machines operating with zero human control Billions of dollars are being invested in full immersion AR and VR Billions of dollars are being invested in full immersion AR and VR Technologies & Trends Leaning into the Future 21
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  • 22 5 th Gen T&E Infrastructure Emulation of global information infrastructure Testing & employment of learning systems Quantum computing Extending cyber ecosystem to warfighting systems Predict behavior of fully autonomous system White box insight into black box system Measure group thinking of autonomous swarm Optimize tasking between human vs AI system Game Changing Technology we need Now Reducing and Sharing DoD Spectrum Advanced Automated Software Defect Detection
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  • 23 Test & Evaluation/Science & Technology Program Overview
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  • 24 T&E Capability Development Cycle CTEIP and Services I&M Operations and Support CBA Use T&E Capabilities IOT&E uses capabilities Articulate T&E Requirements Engineering and Manufacturing Development Materiel Solution Analysis Technology Development Production and Deployment Begin System T&E Planning Cycle for Test Capability Development Must Begin Early T&E/S&T Program Challenge:T&E Capabilities must be available in time to provide useful insight to decision-makers and warfighters SHIFT LEFT SHIFT LEFT will require earlier forecast of test infrastructure needs
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  • 25 T&E/S&T Program Overview Established in FY02 Joint DDR&E / DOT&E Initiative Transitioned to TRMC in FY05 RDT&E Budget Activity 3 funds Purpose High Risk / High Payoff R&D for Testing Foster technology transition to major DoD test ranges Risk reduction for test capabilities developments 82 Active Projects Annual Broad Agency Announcements (BAAs) Academia Industry Government Laboratories Tri-Service working groups Validate requirements Evaluate proposals Facilitate technology transition Central Oversight Distributed Execution High Speed Systems 14 Active Projects Current Test Technology Areas Directed Energy 14 Active Projects Cyberspace 3 Active Projects C4I & Software Intensive Systems 8 Active Projects Electronic Warfare 15 Active Projects Unmanned & Autonomous Systems 4 Active Projects Advanced Instrumentation 11 Active Projects Shaping Technology into Tomorrows T&E Capabilities Spectrum Efficiency 13 Active Projects Mission: Develop Technologies Required to Test Future Warfighting Capabilities
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  • 26 T&E/S&T Test Technology Area Executing Agent Organizations Spectrum Efficiency Edwards AFB High Speed Systems Test Arnold Engineering Development Center Electronic Warfare Test PEO for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation Program Office TRMC HQ Advanced Instrumentation Systems Naval Undersea Warfare Center C4I & Software Intensive Systems Test Naval Air Systems Command TRMC HQ Air Force Army Navy Central Oversight Distributed Execution Unmanned & Autonomous Systems Test Naval Air Systems Command Directed Energy Test PEO for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation Cyberspace Test Eglin AFB
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  • 27 T&E/S&T Program Significant Test Technology Needs (1 of 2) Electronic Warfare Test High-Speed EO/IR Scene Generation Missile Body & Plume Attitude Measurement Real-time, High-Fidelity, High-Density RF Signal Generation Multi-Beam Characterization Radar Clutter Simulation C4I & Software Intensive Systems Test Flexible Test Harness Generator Automated, Rapid, Agile Test Planning Removing biases in Distributed Testing Rapid Analysis of Voluminous Unstructured Data (Test Data to Decision) Determining Required M&S Fidelity in Tests Directed Energy Test Neutron Environment Simulator to replicate required nuclear effects test environments In Chamber HPM Source HPM Electronic Failure Analysis Characterizing beam propagation through atmosphere & maximizing laser test windows High Speed Systems Test Propulsion Scaling Test Techniques Combined Cycle Propulsion Test Methods Hypersonic Flight Erosion Test Methods Thermal Protection System Ablation Testing Improved Computational Tools
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  • 28 T&E/S&T Program Significant Test Technology Needs (2 of 2) Cyberspace Test Cyberspace test visualization Defining cyberspace test measurements Improved, scalable cyberspace threat representations Improved cyberspace range turn-around Advanced cyberspace instrumentation Improved cyberspace analysis Adv. Instrumentation Sys. Technology TSPI without GPS (or with limited GPS) Measuring body armor / helmet effectiveness Measuring cognitive workload Improved weapon characterization and scoring Mitigating test range impacts from alternative energy solutions Spectrum Efficiency Technology Multiple Access Schemes for Serial Streaming Telemetry Modulation Agile Radio for Test Applications Channel Estimation and Equalization Steerable Multiband Antenna (L-band, S-band, & C-band) for Airborne Test Articles Unmanned & Autonomous Systems Test Predicting autonomous behavior for testing scenarios Enhancing safety of autonomous testing Testing of autonomy components Measure autonomous system reliability and performance Controlling swarming target systems
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  • 29 T&E/S&T Program Broad Agency Announcements Topics for Industry, Academia, and Government Laboratories to propose test technology solutions In-cycle Process Declared schedule for white paper submissions (deadline) Requires an allocation of available funding Priority over out-cycle white papers (must be processed first) Out-of-cycle Process White papers submitted anytime after "in-cycle" deadline Offerors "highly encouraged" to contact Executing Agent before submitting white paper Ensures interest Can address whether a 'chance' exists for funding All BAAs include an Other Test Technologies topic to enable offerors to propose test technology developments that were not previously identified by the Government All T&E/S&T BAAs are always open for new white papers
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  • 30 Location of T&E/S&T BAAs www.fbo.gov Keyword: TRMC Note:Change search criteria for Posted Date from Last 90 Days to Updated Topics Being Posted by End of July Out-of-Cycle Only Must Discuss Concept with Executing Agent Prior to Submittal
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  • 31 Executing Agent ActionProgram Manager ActionOfferor ActionContracting Officer Action BAA Pre-FY Cycle Draft BAA Topic Areas Industry/Academia Days BAA Topics Finalized BAA Topics Announced White Paper Submissions Proposals Requested from Selected Offerors Proposal Submissions Proposal Review & Clarifications Executing Agents Recommendations to PM Contract Awards Initiated White Paper Reviews Activity T&E/S&T New Project Selection Schedule OCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP PM New Start Decisions T&E/S&T New Project In-Cycle Selection Schedule Refine BAA Topics Announced through www.fbo.gov Call for White Papers White Papers due in March
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  • 32 The Proposal Key Criteria Meets a T&E need Requires S&T work High payoff Broad application (more than one DoD test activity)
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  • 33 T&E/S&T Program Summary T&E/S&T Program initiated to address critical T&E needs tied to S&T drivers Advancing the state of the art in T&E technologies The only DoD S&T program dedicated to T&E Annual Call to Industry, Academia, and Government Laboratories to address test capability needs Competitive technology developments to get the best technologies possible to the test community Focused on transition into needed test capabilities Looking Ahead, Responsive, and Agile
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  • 34 The T&E Future Workforce Denise De La Cruz TRMC STEM Lead Test Resource Management Center (TRMC) STEM Initiative
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  • 35 TRMC STEM Initiative Investments in minority-serving universities for concept exploration and development of new test technologies (to expand our offeror base) Summer internship program to immerse students in T&E centers Regional outreach and partnerships to promote STEM and the T&E profession across the country Persistent infusion of a diverse supply of technology and talent into the T&E enterprise
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  • 36 TRMC STEM Tech Initiative Initiative Objective: Establish a broader T&E/S&T Program offeror base by posturing targeted Engineering schools to successfully compete for T&E/S&T technology development Current Partners SCHOOLTOPICSTART North Carolina Agriculture & Technical University Autonomous Systems -Fuzzy logic application to a Perception Inference Engine Jan 2014 Florida International University Cyberspace T&E -Instrumenting hypervisors for use in a virtual environment March 2014 Cyberspace Technology Testing & Training Center (CT3C) at FIU 2014 TRMC Internship Orientation at FIU NCA&T Autonomous Systems Project Team
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  • 37 NC A&T Autonomy Test Technology Research Autonomous Control and Information Technology Institute (ACIT) Dr. Abdollah Homaifar, Director Technology Description Create an Autonomous System Behavior Prediction Tool Perception Inference Engine (PIE) Predict/mimic the behavior of an autonomous system under test without interfering with the operation of the physical system Two Principal Components Fuzzy Inference System Learning Classifier Tool T&E Application/Value Predict behavior of autonomous system under varying conditions via sim environment to assist in defining test limits and mitigating risk
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  • 38 2015 Regional Intern Partnerships Legend: Army, Navy, AF, Defense Agency, OSD University Partners NUWC Keyport (Nanoose & Dabob Ranges) NAWC-WD China Lake 30 th Space Wing NAWC-WD Point Mugu 412th Test Wing Yuma Test Center Nevada Test and Training Range Utah Test and Training Range West Desert Test Center White Sands Test Center Electronic Proving Ground PMRF U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll Reagan Test Site DISA,JITC 96 th Test Wing (Includes 96 th Test Group) Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center 45 th Space Wing Arnold Engineering Development Complex Aberdeen Test Center DISA Cold Regions Test Center Tropic Regions Test Center, various locations Cal. State Univ. Channel Islands New Mexico State New Mexico Tech Univ. of New Mexico Univ. of TX, El Paso Wayne State Univ. Lawrence Tech. Univ. Oakland Univ. Morgan State Univ. Virginia State Univ. North Carolina A&T Florida Intl Univ. Univ. of Alabama Alabama A&M NAWC-AD Patuxent River TACOM TARDEC Redstone Test Center AMRDEC National Cyber Range NAWC-TSD Orlando 2015 Worksites Holloman AFB Center for Countermeasures Univ. of Maryland Georgia Tech
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  • 39 Sample Intern Worksite 2014 NCA&T Intern Air Combat Environment Test & Evaluation Facility (ACETEF) ACETEF, the Navys fully integrated RDT&E Installed Systems Test Facility, provides full spectrum evaluation of highly integrated aircraft and aircraft systems in a secure controlled engineering environment
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  • 40 Payload Component Safety of Flight #Task 1 Assist in developing the technical requirements for an A2A radar model that will be used in aircraft ground test to evaluate A2A radars against their performance specifications and against competitor A2A radars 2 Aid in development of the A2A radar model fundamentals using the Matrix Laboratory (MATLAB) technical computing language 3Assist in development and analysis of data from the Collision Risk (CR) tool that, when combined with other technical data, will assess the UAS Target Level of Safety (TLS) in a given Airspace environment Intern Accomplishments 2014 NCA&T Intern Joint Unmanned Aircraft System Mission Environment (JUAS ME) Project Airspace Analysis Air Traffic Analysis Ownship Perfmc. Specs. CR Value UAS TLS # = collisions per flight hour
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  • 41 STEM Connect Building a foundation to connect todays STEM professionals with tomorrows future workforce Supporting immersive classroom experiences to promote the importance of T&E in STEM curriculum Investments in underserved populations promote higher education in STEM career fields Supporting immersive classroom experiences to promote the importance of T&E in STEM curriculum Investments in underserved populations promote higher education in STEM career fields Flexible Learning Experience Aviation Classroom Experience (FLEX-ACE) Orlando, FL Washington, DC Cool Boys Book Club Reading enrichment from male role models for elementary boys Girls for Engineering, Math & Science (GEMS) STEM Enrichment program with female role models for elementary girls Cool Boys Book Club Reading enrichment from male role models for elementary boys Girls for Engineering, Math & Science (GEMS) STEM Enrichment program with female role models for elementary girls Adopt-A-School Barcroft Elementary School South Arlington, VA Pairing technical SMEs with opportunities to volunteer supporting hands on learning through robotics and engineering programs Virginia FIRST Robotics / International Test & Evaluation Association (ITEA) Robotics Competition Oakridge High School FLEX ACE Lab 2014 ITEA / Virginia FIRST Robotics Competition FLEX-ACE Students at work
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  • Our Goal Through our resources and partnerships, place 5,000 interns across the T&E enterprise in 5 years Implementation We will nurture, cultivate, track and prepare these young minds to enter and transform the T&E Community Our Request & Challenge to You Join us in preparing T&E for the future 42
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  • 43 Questions? Test Resource Management Center 4800 Mark Center Drive, Suite 07J22 Alexandria, VA 22350-3700 Phone:571-372-2700 FAX:571-372-2678 http://www.acq.osd.mil/dte-trmc/ Dr. C. David Brown DASD(DT&E) / Director, TRMC [email protected] (703) 697-3443 Mr. Derrick Hinton Principal Deputy Director, TRMC [email protected] (571) 372-2761 Mr. George Rumford Deputy Director, Technology Development T&E/S&T Program Manager [email protected] (571) 372-2711 Mr. Chris Paust CTEIP Program Manager [email protected] il (571) 372-2732 Mr. Gerry Christeson Deputy Director, Test Capabilities Development [email protected] (571) 372-2712 Mr. Chip Ferguson Deputy Director, Interoperability JMETC Program Manager [email protected] (571) 372-2697 Mr. Pete Christensen Director, National Cyber Range [email protected] (571) 372-2699 Ms. Denise De La Cruz TRMC Test and Evaluation Range Oversight (TERO), Army Lead STEM Lead 571-372-2733 [email protected]