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Central Test and Evaluation Investment

Program (CTEIP)

PE 0604940D8Z

Mr. Gerry Christeson

Deputy Director, Test Capabilities Development

Test Resource Management Center

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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

JIM-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

JIM-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/schedule is TBD

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 requirementsBi-annual Multi-Service T&E

Reliance Nomination ProcessMultiple DoD EW studies

Annual review

of threat needs

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Central T&E Investment Program

(CTEIP) Budget

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FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19

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EW

JIM Baseline

REP/TSP

New EW Test Capabilities

Baseline Joint Improvement & Modernization

Near-term OT and Threat Simulators

FY15 Budget RequestHistorical

Major new investment in EW Test Capability to address advanced radar threats

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Examples of how CTEIP developed capabilities

support major weapons systems

AircraftSub-meter TSPI

Spectrum efficient 2-way telemetry

MissilesMiniaturized flight termination

Simulation of net-centric missile engagements

UAS Manned-Unmanned Integration

Integration into National Airspace

Multi-band telemetry collection/relay

High fidelity imagery of flight performance

(F-35, F-18, F-16, F-15, C-17,

G550 & Others)

(JASSM, SDB-2, others)

(Global Hawk, Reaper, Triton,

Apache/Gray Eagle)

Networking and interoperability

Infra-red countermeasures T&E

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• Accurate Time-Space-Position Information ($383M)

• Cyber and Test Security ($37M)

• Infra-red Countermeasures ($44M)

• EW Test Resource Enhancement Program ($466M)

• Net-centric Weapons T&E ($100M)

• Realistic Test Environments ($171M)

• Safe Testing of Large Footprint Weapons ($91M)

• Spectrum Efficient Technology ($93M)

• T&E for Unmanned Aerial Systems ($14M)

CTEIP Investment Areas

25 major projects grouped into common Investment Areas that help

enable the Enterprise Solution Approach

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Accurate Time Space Position Information (TSPI)

Challenge

Drivers Program Examples

Goals

• Common Range Integrated Instrumentation System (CRIIS) - First real-time, high-precision (sub-meter) TSPI range system

Adds new internal mount configurations for F-18 and F-35

• Advanced Range Tracking and Imaging System (ARTIS) – New multi-band video tracking system started in FY14

• CRIIS

Replaces ARDS with growth potential for Combat Training System

• ARTIS

Replaces KTMs with high fidelity optics and remote operation

Development Status

• CRIIS

Flight Test starting in FY15

• ARTIS

Source selection starting in 2nd Qtr FY15.Provide precise “Ground Truth” TSPI for high accuracy future Systems Under Test (SUT)

CRIISGPS ARDS

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• OHISS

In development with Boom Flight Test and Critical Design Review in FY15

• VEMPS

Critical Design Reviews for both Pax River and WSMR EMP capabilities in early FY15

HPM capability at Pax River to award development contract in early FY15

Realistic Test Environments

Challenges

Drivers Program Examples

Development Status

Provide test environments that provide realistic conditions on which to assess system performance. For example:

• Provide full envelope of icing conditions that meets FAA requirements under safe flight conditions

• Provide variable EMP test capability that meets MIL-STD-2169 requirement

• Provide HPM test capability that meets revised MIL-STD-464 requirements

• Objective Helicopter Icing Spray System (OHISS)

Provides improved icing testing for low speed aircraft

• Vertical Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP ) Simulator (VEMPS)

Provides improved Vertical EMP and HPM T&E capabilities

Realistic

EMP Environment

Realistic

Icing Conditions

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EW Test Resource Enhancement Program

• USD(AT&L) has developed a strategy to address highest-priority shortfalls in

testing against advanced radar threats

Substantially improves our ability to develop, test, and field next-generation EW

capabilities FY16-18 and beyond

The Department has programmed CTEIP funding to support these critical

developments

• Establishes balanced investments across all EW test domains (i.e., SIL, HWIL,

ISTF, OAR) in order to test against modern threat systems

Laboratory and chamber environments provide cost-effective early discovery,

component and system-level testing

Open air flight tests support full end-to-end performance in single and multi-ship

operations

• Develops capabilities for DT/OT of F-35, Next Generation Jammer, B-2 Defensive

Management System (DMS), F-15 Eagle Passive/Active Warning Survivability System

(EPAWSS) and other EW programs

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ISTF Upgrades

Installed Test Facility UpgradesCapabilities

• Next Generation EW Environment Generator

(NEWEG) High-fidelity EW signal generation

Direct-inject – Patuxent River NAS (ACETEF), Edwards AFB

(BAF), Point Mugu (ECSEL)

Free-space chamber radiating configuration – Patuxent River

NAS (ACETEF), Edwards AFB (BAF)

Open air, open loop threat emitters

• Advanced Dynamic Transmitter Array (ADTRA) Delivers 12 advanced RF transmit carts for dense/diverse threat

environment at the BAF

Goal Development Status

• NEWEG

Scenario Simulation Control (SSC) subsystem PDR

March 2014

Measurement and Analysis (MAA) and Digital

Signal Generator (DGEN) subsystem SRRs Aug –

Sep 2014

Contract award for remaining subsystem to be

finalized 1st Qtr FY2015

• ADTRA

Kick-off meeting in April 2014

Requirements development underway

• NEWEG

Provide high-fidelity ground test EW signal environment

Wideband (open architecture) modular/scalable RF signal

generator for use in both direct-inject and free-space test

configurations

Common high-fidelity EW signal generation for open air

T&E threat simulators

• Improve BAF and ACETEF EW test environments to

support next generation DoD weapon systems

• Build toward needed sensor fusion capability

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Open Loop RF Emitters

• Fields S-Band and C-Band transmit only

radar signal emulators at Air Force and

Navy test ranges

Pursuing Active Electronically Scanned Array

(AESA) technologies

Each emitter to represent multiple threats

Two alternative prototype designs being developed

Red Air

Range

C2

Blue Air

GPS

Open LoopSystems

ECCU

ClosedLoop

System

Open Loop

System

External Interface

(T&E, TSPI, Other)

Description

Development Status

• Acquisition Strategy includes MIT-LL and CEA (Australia) parallel prototype development efforts

Contract actions initiated for both efforts

• Test Capability Requirements Document –June 2014

• 1st Prototype to be delivered March 2016

Goal

• Address current OAR test capability shortfalls

Accurate representation of current and emerging

WESTPAC threats

High-fidelity threat signal sets (ERP / Scan Pattern /

Complex Waveforms / Signal Density)

• Support DT/OT of F-35, Next Generation Jammer,

B-2 DMS, F-15 EPAWSS, and other EW programs

in FY16-20 time frame

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Closed Loop Threat Simulators

• High fidelity OAR surrogates of three

different WESTPAC shooters with search,

track, and missile fly-out functions to be

fielded at ECR and NTTR:

Pursuing space-fed Passive Electronically Scanned

Array (PESA) technologies

Delivers reconfigurable receiver and signal

processing

Red Air

Range

C2

Blue Air

GPS

Open LoopSystems

ECCU

ClosedLoop

System

Open Loop

System

External Interface

(T&E, TSPI, Other)

Description

Development Status

• Radar/Antenna Group SRR: July 2014

• Receiver/Processor Common Equipment Group SRR: Oct 2014

• Preliminary Design Review (PDR):

January 2015

• Critical Design Review (CDR): July 2015

• IOC FY2018

* CG and PCG will be LSI developed, PESA/PEG will be AATS deliverables

Goal

• Address current OAR test capability shortfalls

Accurate representation of current and emerging

WESTPAC threats

High-fidelity threat signal sets (ERP / Scan Pattern /

Complex Waveforms / Signal Density)

• Support DT/OT of F-35, Next Generation Jammer,

B-2 DMS, F-15 EPAWSS, and other EW programs in

FY16-20 time frame

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Emphasis on

Better Buying Power 2.0 • “Use technology development phase for true risk reduction”

Problem: Over-estimation of technology maturity

CTEIP Action: Close collaboration with T&E/S&T program to assess and support technology development activities.

• “Improve requirements definition/prevent requirements creep”

Problem: Overly specific or vague requirements are causing issues defining a clear set of customer needs and a

reasonable set of performance/cost trade-offs

CTEIP Actions:

Support early Service studies to define Use Cases and write initial Test Capability Requirements Documents before project

start.

“Build strong partnerships with requirements community (throughout the project) to control costs.”

• “Achieve affordable programs”

Problem: Many projects realizing cost growth. Primary causes are requirements uncertainties or technical issues.

CTEIP Actions:

Conduct early “affordability” reviews confirm that total cost of capability is consistent with need and customer

density.

Conduct formal review of major cost overruns in collaboration with Services to confirm continued need.

Examples: JDIGS (Build A and B), CBITS, Mid-Pressure Arc Heater, and SWARM

Examples: Successful TCRD preparation work on MLS & SBES, adjustments to

OHISS requirement based on close collaboration with RTC user.

Examples: CTEIP instituted the “Acquisition Strategy and Affordability Review in

2010. ARTIS cost growth due to early under-estimation confirmed by customer at

ASAR (MS-I). SFSS cost growth due the environment test failures confirmed by

customer at MS-II.