Major Range and Test Facility Base

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412th Range SquadronEdwards AFB, CA

Tony RubinoDirector, 412 RANS

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DISTRIBUTION A. Approved for public release;distribution is unlimited. PA No.: 412TW-PA-17217

11 May 2017

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Overview• Range Mission• Present Capabilities and Challenges• Opportunities into the Future

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412th Range Squadron Mission

All Phases of Test Planning, Provisioning, Execution, Reporting, Analysis, Closeout

• MANAGE EDWARDS AFB FLIGHT TEST RANGE FACILITIES/CAPABILITIES

– TELEMETRY ACQUISTION & PROCESSING– TIME-SPACE-POSITION INFORMATION (TSPI)– DATA ACQUISITION & TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS (DATS)

– INTRA-RANGE– INTER-RANGE (ARMSTRONG FRC, CHINA LAKE, PT MUGU,

VANDENBERG, NELLIS, UTTR, WSMR, OTHERS)– TEST MISSION CONTROL ROOM FACILITIES– PRECISION IMPACT RANGE AREA (PIRA)

• PROVIDE TEST PLANNING SERVICES

• PROVIDE DATA PRODUCTS

• DEVELOP & MAINTAIN UNIQUE REAL-TIME AND POST-FLIGHT TEST DATA PROCESSING SOFTWARE

Range Customers

FIGHTERS/TRAINERS

RPAs

AIRLIFTERSTANKERS

F3575%

F2215%

B13%

B522%

MQ41%

RQ44%

Real Time MCR Missions(MCR at 1440 and BFTF)

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Range Missions per Month

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Airspace Overview

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R-2508

R-2508 Airspace

Increased System Complexity results in AMT Spectral Growth

Cockpit video

(1-5 MBps)Integrated self-defense

system

(0.5-2 Mbps)

Multi-spectral sensors

(1-12 Mbps)

Integrated weapons system

(1-20 Mbps (ea))

Integrated avionics

(2-10 Mbps)

Flight test transducers

(0.5-10 Mbps)

Separation video (1-8 Mbps)

Integrated communications

(0.5-2 Mbps)

Time/Space

Positioning Information

(0.5-1 Mbps)

DT Spectrum Requirements

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BUILDING 5790 TELEMETRY TRACKER SITE

5/24/2017 8

Antenna 2(5 meter)

Antenna 4(8 feet)

Antenna 1(5 meter)

Antenna 3(8 feet)

Hilltop north of the west gate at Edwards AFB

Range NetworkRange Data Acquisition and Transmission (RDATS) Network

• Transports:– Telemetry– Voice– Video– TSPI 9

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Description• SUT performance monitoring and analysis

• Real-time TM, TSPI, video, voice, SA• 10 MCRs at RMCC, 2 MCRs at South Base• 24-50 workstations per MCR• 1 mobile MCR with 7 workstations

• All MCRs upgraded to MCS/IADS 2007-2014• Combination of I&M, Test Wing and JSF

funding

Mission Control Rooms (MCR)

MCR Systems• Mission Control System (MCS)

• JT3 developed TM front-end Preprocessor • IADS – Symvionics Display and Analysis S/W

• User developed displays, derived functions• Drag/drop parameters• Common to multiple Ranges

• Heim Data Recorder• FEDS Voice Communications Switch• Test and Evaluation Command and Control

System (TECCS) – Situational Awareness

MCR Capabilities• Support up to 6 simultaneous missions• Boot drive loads MCR workstations OS, apps

• MCR setup as short as 30 min• Up to 512K data parameters, 3M samples/sec• Engineers can perform data analysis real-time• All MCR data recorded and available to

customer for post-mission analysis• SA produced by inputs from radar (FAA and

NASA) and local aircraft TM and GPS TSPI

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Description• Southeast Range area – ~75 square miles• Divided into three Areas - East, West, PB-6

• Scheduled individually or jointly• Western edge adjacent to Supersonic Corridor• Four precision instrumented bombing circles• Drop Zone - Targets and loads recovery

• Testing Supported:• A/G gunnery, • Photo and IR resolution test and measure, • Aircraft spin and decelerator test, • Precision bomb testing

Precision Impact Range Area (PIRA)

Downfall

Measurement Systems• Digital Video Bomb Scoring

• PB-10, PB-1, PB-12• Real-time scoring, 2-ft accuracy, relayed to

aircrew <1 min after impact• RAMS Van - Electro-Optical measurement

• Fixed Targets; Mobile Targets• IR & Laser Scoring

• Acoustic Gun Scoring System• PETS - Range Safety and SA for personnel

and ground mobile targets

Targets• Ground Mobile Targets

• Tanks (M60A2) (9 ea); • Humvee (6 ea); • APC (6 ea)

• IR Resolution Target – 50x30 ft• Multiple Photo Resolution targets• Strafe Target Scoring

• Canvas – Manually Scored• Automated Acoustic

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Vision for the Future

Driving Forces• Customer Requirements

– Widely varying systems under test• Autonomy, Hypersonics, C4ISR, New and Legacy Platforms

– Highly sophisticated and integrated systems• Requiring a more realistic environment• More difficult to replicate exact test conditions

– Decision makers wanting test data to support decisions• Faster turn of decision quality information

• Technology Changes– Networking, Data Analytics– Miniaturization

• Industrial Base– Heavily reliant on commercial technologies and standards

• Obsolescence– Much of our Range systems are obsolete and nearing

unsustainability

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Ground Station

Control Room

Range Ground Network

Serial Streaming Telemetry (PCM)

Network Telemetry on VLAN

Range Ground Network

Real-Time Mission Support Upgrades”Any Data, Any Time, Any Where”

TELEMETRY- Upgraded (412 TW) / Upgrading

(SW Ranges) to L/S/C Band capable ground antennas

- Upgrading Aircraft and Ground radios to support all of the ARTM waveforms (PCM, SOQPSK, CPM)

- Added/(ing) hooks to support future bi-directional command and control of airborne instrumentation system

RANGE GROUND NETWORKS- Migrating from ATM based network to IP

based range network- Replacing long-haul microwaves with fiber- Connecting to DREN for distributed test

operations at Eglin, WSMR, and others- Migrating voice, video, and data to

packetized data

MISSION CONTROL ROOMS- Upgrading the MCR architecture to

a modular design that enables future flexibility by adding/swapping modules

- Minimizes specialized hardware dependencies

- Supports distributed operations from ground up

- Integrates simulations and stimulation into the MCR

Leveraging iNET, I&M and SRF 15

Wide Range Of Test Experience

Comments/Questions?

FIGHTERS

BOMBERS

AIRLIFTERS

TANKERS

UAVs SPECKLED TROUT

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