Mr. Derrick Hinton

Principal Deputy Director

Test Resource Management Center

14 September 2011

TRMC Perspective on Emerging Technology

ITEA 2011 Annual Symposium

Plenary Panel 3: Emerging Technology Acquisition and T&E

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The T&E infrastructure

is constantly shifting (by

necessity) to keep pace

with the acquisition of

complex weapons

systems…

Legend:

Army, Navy, AF, Defense Agency

The STEWARD of the DoD Test Infrastructure Major Range and Test Facility Base (MRTFB): The “Critical Core”

24 Sites: Army-9; Navy-6; Air Force-7; Defense Agency-2

Keyport

NAWC-WD China Lake

30th Space Wing

NAWC-WD

Point Mugu

Air Force Flight Test Center

Yuma Test Center

Nevada Test and Training Range

Utah Test and Training Range

West Desert Test Center

White Sands

Test Center

High Energy Laser Systems

Test Facility

Electronic Proving Ground

PMRF

U.S Army Kwajalein Atoll

Reagan Test Site

DISA,JITC 46th Test Wing

(Includes 46th

Test Group)

Atlantic Undersea

Test and Evaluation Center

45th Space Wing

Arnold Engineering

Development Center

NAWC-AD

Patuxent River

Aberdeen

Test Center

DISA,NCR

Cold Regions

Test Center

Tropic Regions Test

Center, HI & Puerto Rico

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Some trends to consider…

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Total DoD S&T Industry-IT R&D Industry-Electronics R&D

2011 Research Investments ($B)

Microsoft – $9B

IBM – $6B

Google – $3B

Motorola – $3B

Cisco – $5B

Intel –$6B

Investors in Tomorrow’s Technology

Rest of

Top 10Rest of

Top 10

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Trends in Software Complexity

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Trends in Connectivity

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Trends in Adoption of Information Sources

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Your 2011 cell phone is…

• 1,000 x more powerful

• 100,000 x smaller

• 1,000,000 x cheaper

than the 1965 MIT computer.

Trends in Power, Size & Cost

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What does this mean

for us?

T&E Challenge

Manage encroachment on

spectrum while demand increases

through use of C-Band and

spectrum-efficient technologies

Supporting Technologies Include

• Multiband Antennae

• Advanced Power Amps

• Dynamic Spectrum Access

Increasing Demand for Resources

Spectrum and Data Rates Trends

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um

(M

Hz)

100,000

10,000

1,000

100

10

Bit

Rate

(K

bp

s)

1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010

F-14

F-15E

A-10

B-1

F-16

F-18

B-52

B-2

SM I

YF-22

YF-23

F-22

JDAM

SRAM II

F-18 E/F

E-2D

VH-71

ESSM

F-35 2v4

AIM-9XSM 6

NASA CEV

F-22 1v2

OBRA 93BBA 97

Future Threats

DAB, PCS,

300

275

250

225

200

HistoricCOCOM Sensor Integration Mission

T&E Challenge

Replicate the mission environment and

assess ability to identify and fill gaps in

global sensor coverage

Supporting Technologies Include

• Distributed Multi-Range Integration

• Network & Information Emulation

• Global Sensor Fusion Analysis Tools

• Advanced Communications Relay

Systems & Missions with Massive Footprints

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Sensor Integration Test

The Operational Systems - TodayO

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Mobile Adaptive

Mesh Networks

Mobile Adaptive

Mesh Networks

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CEC

C2 CONTROL NETC2 CONTROL NET

Unmanned System

Networks

Unmanned System

Networks

Range Information Grid

Range

Control

Facility

Range

Control

Facility

Joint

Task

Force

Joint

Task

Force

TAC NET

C4I ProvidersC4I Providers

Bidirectional Secure Range NetworkBidirectional Secure Range Network

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Cyberspace Test TechnologiesHigh fidelity representation of adversarial cyber threats and

assessment of our ability to fight through a cyber attack

Spectrum-Efficient TechnologiesBilateral movement of terabytes of data with multiple security

levels

Unmanned and Autonomous Systems TestSafe operation of unmanned systems on our ranges with

technology to assess autonomy functions

Net-centric Systems Test TechnologiesAssess the mission effectiveness of complex Systems of

Systems in an information ecosystem

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Required Support Technologies

T&E/S&T Technology Areas

Electronic Warfare Test

Cyberspace Test Technology

Advanced Propulsion Test Technology

Spectral Efficient Technology

Net Centric Systems Test

Unmanned Autonomous Systems

Key Investments & Successes

• Broadband Telemetry Antenna (L/S/C

Bands)

• Linear Power Amplifier (50% efficiency

increase)

• Adaptive Orthogonal Frequency

Division Multiplexing (AOFDM) Low

Cost OFDM Telemetry Transceiver

• Network management tools

• Spectrum “hopping” radio to access

unused portions of spectrum

T&E Investments for the Future

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Summary

Technology is moving at an unprecedented pace

… Much of it will come from industry and will be

rapidly acquired, adapted, and fielded to meet

operational needs

… All of it will drive our test resources beyond their

current limits

We must protect what we have

We must invest in new test technologies

We must partner with other stakeholders to meet

these challenges

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