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Major Range and Test Facility Base
I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e
“Warriors Committed to Readiness and Quality Support”
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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