EOMS II Industry Day Briefing Slides.pdf

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96 TW

96th Test Systems Squadron

EOMS II Industry Day 17 June 2024

KERIANNE KLUG,

ACQUISITION PROGRAM MANAGER

Contracts Management Flight “Taking care of business”

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Today’s Intent

1. Present Mission and Requirements

2. Receive Feedback

Meet the Team

Agenda

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

Eglin – Operation & Maintenance Services (E-OMS) II

E-OMS II Industry Day

17 June 2024 Ron Wilson– Contracting Officer

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Overview

• Rules of Engagement

• Notional Schedule

• NAICS Code Selection

• Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI)

• Responses to FAQ from RFI 2

• Questions

Rules of Engagement

• This is an open forum seeking industry input on requirements and processes.

• The public forum portion of Industry day is not appropriate for proprietary disclosures. Please advise the Government team if any part of your One-on-One discussion is considered Proprietary.

• No agreements, promises or other commitments are made or implied during Industry Day and the One-on- One sessions

• Contractor recommendations may or may not be incorporated into Government documents

Notional Schedule

Event Date

Acquisition Strategy Briefing Aug 2024

Acquisition Plan Approval Aug 2024

Draft RFP Aug/Sep 2024

Final RFP Nov/Dec 2024

Award Nov/Dec 2025

Contract Start Apr 2026

**These dates are subject to change**

NAICS Code Selection

• 541330 (Size Standard $47M)

• Engineering Services is primarily engaged in applying physical laws and principles of engineering in the design, development, and utilization of machines, materials, instruments, structures, processes, and systems

• Engineering Services provides such services as systems engineering and technical direction to ensure the effective operation and maintenance of a weapon system or major system and provides direct support of a weapon system that is essential to research, development, production, operation or maintenance of the system (OMB Circular A-109)

OCI

• Three (3) Main Categories of OCI:

– Unequal Access

– Biased Ground Rules

– Impaired Objectivity

• The category most likely to affect E-OMS is impaired objectivity

• E-OMS contractor will be in a position of influence and trust

• E-OMS will have access to other contractors’ proprietary data

E-OMS OCI Stance

• Goal of E-OMS OCI Clause:

– Ensure E-OMS is free of actual or potential OCIs

– To prevent conflicting roles which might bias or appear to bias the judgment or objectivity of the contractor or participating organizations

– Ensure effective communication with organizations whose proprietary products are tested at Eglin or whose proprietary information is required for the performance of contracted efforts

– Maintain Eglin’s reputation as an independent and impartial tester

– Comply with statutory requirements concerning operations test and evaluation

E-OMS OCI Stance

• Restrictive OCI clause similar to current contract

– Where an employee of the Contractor or a Participating Organization is involved in test or evaluation of specific systems or major sub-systems, the Contractor or the Participating Organization, as applicable, shall be precluded from providing that system or major sub-system to the Government as either a prime or subcontractor

– Any business entity, including original equipment manufacturers, in the business of selling or competing with systems or major sub-systems that are tested, or are reasonably likely to be tested, utilizing the support services furnished under this contract, shall be excluded from participating in this contract as the Contractor or as a Participating Organization

– The Contractor and its Participating Organizations are prohibited from providing Advisory and Assistance Services to Eglin AFB organizations

– Restrictions shall apply to all subcontracts, teaming arrangements, and other agreements calling for performance of work

OCI Policy

• Any business concern in the business of selling or competing for the development or production of systems or major sub-systems of a type normally developed, tested, or evaluated at the E-OMS Ranges utilizing the support services furnished under this contract, shall be excluded from participating in this contract as the Contractor or as a Participating Organization

Responses to FAQ from RFI 2

• Minimum Team Compliment

– Not intended to be the entire labor force. Offerors will be required to propose additional personnel.

• Mission Essential Personnel

– This contract is not a mission essential service contract. No positions are considered mission essential.

• Primary purpose of changes from RFI #1 Draft PWS

– Ongoing modernization efforts and future range expansion

• Vehicles

– Current vehicle fleet is nearing end of life cycle. Exploring options between contractor provided and government provided fleet. PWS is being revised.

Questions

96 RN

Air Force Test Center - 96th Test Wing

EOMS II Industry Day 96RN/CL Perspectives

Christopher Morin Director, 96th Range Group christopher.morin.7@us.af.mil

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EOMS II Contract & ETTC Success

• 96RN Needs the EOMS II Contractor to Succeed

• Major Range & Test Facility Base (MRTFB) Construct

• Managing Scarce Resources Well is Critical

• Agility for Today; Innovation for Tomorrow

• Transparency, Accountability, Timeliness

• Incentivizing Desired Behavior

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96RN Needs the EOMS II Contractor to Succeed

• 96RN Management plus O&M contractor execution delivers mission success!

• O&M contract provides responsive & reliable access to subject matter expertise, technical solutions & innovation implementation not possible through internal 96RN channels

Major Range & Test Facility Base (MRTFB) Construct

• 96RN operates like a Not-For-Profit organization

• As a MRTFB, 96RN is only funded (Direct Budget Authority – DBA) for approximately 40% of cost to operate & sustain ETTC

• The 60% balance is “earned” through billing direct costs (Reimbursable Budget Authority – RBA) in support of Test & Training missions

• Imperative that 96RN & O&M Contractor correctly attribute direct costs to Test & Training missions in ALL stages of the test process (Planning, Provisioning, Executing, Data Analysis & Reporting, & Closure)

• Excessive cost to test at ETTC will drive away RBA

Managing Scarce Resources Well

• Resource scarcity is an ever-present reality (people, money, time, etc.)

• 96RN relies on annual financial plan budgets for baseline expectations for ETTC O&M

• Difficult choices lie in wait each year as RBA varies while DBA remains stable

• O&M Contractor provides valuable insight into start-doing, keep-doing, defer-doing & stop-doing evaluations of existing & new test capabilities

Agility for Today, Innovation for Tomorrow

• Today’s mission is exciting & requires in-year & year-to-year agility to succeed

• Great Power Competition compels us to accelerate test capabilities in the near term

• Range of 2030+ pushes ETTC from the current state of the art primarily on our land range into long-range kill chain, collaborative & autonomous systems, & hypersonic munitions that will primarily be over water

• What the O&M contractor is doing at the end of EOMS II is likely to be significantly different than what it starts with in CY26

• The subject matter expertise of the O&M contractor is crucial to developing & implementing new & improved test capabilities

Transparency, Accountability, Timeliness

• Given the previous points, 96RN & the O&M contractor must be partners for long-term success

• Cost Accounting must be rigorous & transparent to enable proper implementation of MRTFB construct

• 96RN & O&M contractor joint decisions throughout each FY rely on cost accounting deliverables

• Formal & Informal accounting deliverables must be timely to facilitate proper direct costs charging to ETTC customers

• Attentiveness to test program and fiscal year realities is paramount

Incentivizing Desired Behavior

• Carrots are better than sticks

• Managing to MRTFB & annual financial realities is a multidimensional dilemma

• 96RN has sought to frame incentives that promote the desired collaboration, execution, agility & innovation

Conclusion

• 96RN & O&M Contractor succeed when we work together

• Keep the MRTFB Construct in mind while striving for cost-effectiveness

• Resources are scarce; manage them intentionally

• ETTC will be warfighter-relevant today & tomorrow

• A trusted & responsive relationship is key to EOMS II execution success

• Alignment of Expectations & Remuneration is key

96th Test Wing

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Range Capabilities

96th Range Support Squadron

ORGANIZATION

96th Range Group

96 RN

96 RANSS

Range Support Sq.96 TSSQ

96 RANSS/RNRT

Targets/Threats

96 RANSS/RNRI

TSPI/Cyber/Instr & Communications

96 RANSS/RNRS

Range Systems

782 TS896 TSS96 RNCS

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96 RANSS/RNRD

Sys Integ/UAS

96 RANSS/RNRE

Eng Des & Dev

EGLIN LAND RANGES

(3) Ground Test Ranges (Dynamic munitions ground tests)

• Kinetic Energy Munitions Test Facility

(KEMTF)

Arenas (Static warhead lethality & vulnerability tests)

(7) Open-Air Ranges (Air-ground, ground-air tests of munitions and weapon systems)

Specialized Facilities

• Electro-Optical Evaluation Complex (EOEC)

• Sensor Test and Evaluation Facility (STEF)

• Integrated Base Defense Security Systems (IBDSS)

• Operational Ground Test (OGT)

• Static Test Environment for Munitions

(STEM)

(2) Guns & Ammo Test Areas (Physical & operational properties of guns and ammunition)

(5) Air/Ground Training Ranges (Tactical air-to-ground training)

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• Physical Characteristics o Primary A-to-G Test Areas on western range o Air-to-Ground; Ground-to-Air; Ground Tests o Established for high altitude/high speed (including supersonic) bombing and rocketry o Large multi-story target structures

• Capabilities o Range Control; fixed instrumentation (ERIGE) o Fixed targets (wooden billboards, sea containers, vehicles); remote vehicle tracks o Large Net Explosive Weight

• Unique Features o Manpads test structure o Shallow water munitions test pond

OPEN AIR RANGE TEST SITE

OPEN AIR RANGE TEST SITE

July, 96C-52

July, 96

• 7th SFG live fire training ranges

• Army 7th SFG ground training

• High Explosive Incendiary (HEI) impact area

• Signature Measurement T&E Facility (STEF) and Skytherm

• EOD School training area

• UAS training areas

• Mobile Targets and Threat Compound

• Used for air-to-ground, ground-to-air and ground-to-ground tests

• Tests include bombing, rocketry, runway penetration and missiles

• Includes gun range and target complex used for mounted vehicle assault training by the Alabama Army National Guard (ALANG) and 7 Special Forces Group

• Targets include:

o Concrete runway target o Special targets (billboards, vehicles, etc.) as required o Specialized target structures for blast mitigation testing

July, 96

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SENSOR TEST AND EVALUATION FACILITY

(STEF)

• Test conducted by 782nd Seeker and Sensor Flight

• Control/Support Buildings

• Equipment hoist and personnel elevator

• 2 Stationary platforms

• Remote Automated Weather Stations (RAWS) at multiple altitudes

• Multiple Depression angles

• Turntable on a rail system for constant standoff for each aspect angle and ability to move and rotate large vehicle targets

• Periodic tower climbing required

Electro-Optical Evaluation Complex (EOEC)

TEST ASSETS:

• Laser Control Room

• Low Level Sounder Balloon Launches and Meteorology

Van / RAWS Met Stations

• Imaging Laser Tracker System (ILAST)

• Videometric Measurement and Analysis System (VMAS)

• IR Blackbody Radiation Sources

PRODUCTS:

• Fully mobile solution for the performance measurement of LASER and IR devices

• Evaluation of seekers and sensors against fixed and moving targets

• Meteorological data, both surface level and atmospheric

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• 1,290-acre test area

• Clay assault strip

• Target arrays

• Control building

• Open Burn, Open Detonation (OBOD) area for disposal of obsolete or no longer needed munitions items

• Training pilots in delivery of munitions, including bombs, rockets, and guns

GROUND TEST RANGE

TEST ASSETS:

• Asphalt covered plot for general ground test support

• Two Fast Cook Off Re-usable Pans

• JP-8 fuel for combustion

• Mobile instrumentation provided with EIDS van

GROUND TEST RANGE

HELLFIRE Development & Production Verification Facility established for development and testing of production lot samples; supports other Army/AF guided weapons tests.

TEST ASSETS:

• State-of-the-art telemetry ground station

• Helicopter pad and hangar

• Control/support building

• Conference room w/video teleconferencing system

• 3 environmentally conditioned platform launchers with 2 launch rails each and clamshell covers

• Instrumentation bunker beneath launch platform

• Target areas located downrange:

o Three instrumented targets o Three laser designator buildings

• Missile launch from fixed rail & rotary wing aircraft

• Anti-armor tracking range

PRODUCTS:

• Radar & video TSPI data

• Weapon tracking & scoring

• In-flight weapon data

• Laser designation/characterization

GUN TEST RANGE TEST AREA

• Capable of providing wide variety of gun performance data, projectile performance, prototype models and ammunition performance

• Limited to T/P ammunition only

• Ability to bring A/C from flightline for gun system testing

• Mobile instrumentation to support gun testing on other ranges

• Targets: Electronic dispersion systems, soft catch targets, cloth targets, and sand filled targets

GUN TEST RANGE TEST AREA

TEST ASSETS:

• Static detonation area

• Control bunker

• Ammo storage igloo and loading room

• Drop tower

• Machine and welding shops

• Overhead standoff warhead detonation area

• GOV Radioactive material permit under the USAF Master

Materials License

PRODUCTS:

• Gunnery and ballistics test data

• Spall pattern analysis, munitions drop tests

• Depleted Uranium and High Explosive ammunition development and life cycle data

• Interior, exterior and terminal ballistics studies

• Jet Characterization

• Explosively Forged Penetrator Characterization

SIMULATED TEST ENVIRONMENT FOR

MUNITIONS (STEM) TEST AREA

• Used to subject munitions, fuses, electrical, etc., to climatic and environmental conditions that can be encountered over their lifetime.

• Safe separation drop facility

• Provides a wide range of controlled environmental and performance testing:

o Climatic/ Environmental Tests (Salt, Fog, Temp cycle, altitude, …) o Mechanical Failure Tests o Internal Studies

Bullet pulls Fluoroscope evaluations

OPERATIONAL GROUND TEST (OGT)

TEST AREA

• Non-Destructive Operational Ground Test (OGT) Facility for Live All Up Rounds

• Operational data in simulated environment

• One large mechanical vibration system

• Two medium size mechanical vibration systems

• Environmental conditioning chambers with quick ramp cycle capability

• HITL simulation

• Engine run capability

• Data collection instrumentation suit

• Simulated Operations Environment o Taxi/takeoff o Captive carriage o Free flight o Terminal

• Mechanical vibration

• Temperature

• RF environment

• Seeker/sensor inputs

• Aircraft/external signals

Test Range Insensitive Munitions testing

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• Control Facility Upgraded -- Over 128 data cables

• Recovery area

• Clay pad

• Drop tower

• Smooth Bore Frag Gun

• Bullet Impact

• Slow Cook-off

STATIC WARHEAD ARENA

TEST AREA

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• Onsite Data Acquisition for Pressure and Fragment Velocity

• 128 channels capable of recording up to 2M Samples/sec with signal conditioning for piezoelectric/piezoresistive transducers

• 8 channel storage scope 2 G samples/sec for detonation velocity

• 256 fragment velocity system capable of up to 2 M samples/sec

• EBW firing system with sequenced control

• Performs Arena Tests to JMEM Standards

• Control bunker separated from arena by 1,440ft.

Measurement Sample Rate Channels

Pressure 2 M Samples/sec 128

Detonation Velocity 2G Samples/sec 8

Fragment Velocity 2 M Samples/sec 256

STATIC WARHEAD ARENA Set-up

TEST AREA

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• Typical frag scoring scribed in polar zones

• Post test scoring (manual X,Y, Z data collection)

• Scoring of fragmentation bundles performed on site

• Frag cleaning and weighing performed at C-

80W

• Lethality and Vulnerability test data o blast pressure data o frag weight o frag pattern o target interaction o Weapons operational data in simulated environment

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Capability Description

• Ability to test live, fuzed munitions against a variety of targets at operational velocities

• Heavy lift capability for targets

• Environmental conditioning of test items (-65°F to +165°F)

• Collocated munitions storage, build-up, and analysis facility C-74A

• Instrumentation to record velocity, acceleration, blast pressure, and critical test events

• Munitions sectioning (saw) facility

• X-ray facility

• On-site target construction

KINETIC ENERGY MUNITIONS TEST

FACILITY (KEMTF)

KINETIC ENERGY MUNITIONS TEST

FACILITY (KEMTF)

TEST ASSETS:

• Dual rail sled track

• Ability to test live, fuzed munitions against a variety of targets at operational velocities

• Sled fabrication/prep shop

• Multiple target fabrication areas

• Camera bunkers and 3 flight follower cameras

• Tall steel instrumentation tower

• Crane inbound

• Target hauling trailer

• Environmental conditioning of test items (-65°F to

+165°F)

• Acceleration to operational velocities by rocket-powered sleds

• Collocated munitions storage, build-up, and analysis facility

• Instrumentation to record velocity, acceleration, blast pressure, and critical test events

• Munitions sectioning (saw) facility

• X-ray facility

• On-site target construction

INTEGRATED BASE DEFENSE SECURITY

SYSTEMS (IBDSS)

TEST ASSETS:

Dedicated DoD test area for evaluation of security equipment and systems developed under the IBDSS Program

• 757 acres range area; 15,000 ft security fencing

• More than 100 miles of installed copper & fiber optic cable

• Installed sensor, lighting, cameras, ground-based radars

• Interior sensor testing facility

• Two 40' surveillance tower

• Security control building

• Facility certified as representative “operational base”

PRODUCTS:

• Testing of interior, exterior, and entry control systems; including COTS Systems

• Simulated threat scenarios run against individual systems or combined systems

SANTA ROSA ISLAND

LITTORAL RANGE

• 19 miles of pristine Coastline on the Gulf of Mexico to the south and Santa Rosa Sound to the north

• 22 designated test sites, including 11 major test facilities

• Land based communications and instrumentation for support of missions in Gulf of Mexico

• Sites connected with microwave & high bandwidth fiber optics; direct links to downrange site

• Eglin Controlled Firing Area for conduct of surface launch of missiles & artillery over the Gulf Range Complex

• Frequency Control & Analysis (FCA); Command Destruct; and EW Facilities/Systems located on SRI

• Support for surf zone munitions tests, seeker/signature tests, sea state/climatology measurements

• Support for Special Forces assault training; support of Combined Naval/Marine Expeditionary Exercises

RANGE INSTRUMENTATION

TEST AREA Cape San Blas

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TEST ASSETS:

• Unique Standalone Site to support GOMEX test/training

• Radar: 2 FPS-16s

• TM: 3 Auto-track Antennas

• RF Spectrum Monitoring (SpM)

• UHF Command Guidance (Flight Termination System)

PRODUCTS:

• Additional accuracy and downrange coverage for TSPI

• TM collection downrange into the GOMEX

• Downrange o SpM o FTS

RANGE INSTRUMENTATION

OVERVIEW

TEST ASSETS:

• Time Space Position Information (TSPI) o Radars: FPS-16s, Weibel X-band Doppler Radars, RIR 980

• Telemetry (TM) o Fixed antennas across the Range Test

Areas o Mobile TM Vans & Penthouse

• UHF Command Guidance (Flight Termination System) o Provide command destruct links for drones and missiles

• Spectrum Monitoring (SpM) o Provide frequency surveillance o Monitor flight termination missions

RANGE INSTRUMENTATION (CONT.)

TEST ASSETS

• Range Communications (Voice and Data) o Mobile Microwave o Land Mobile Radios o Satcom o Range Information Grid (Fiber Optics, Range Information and Control System)

• Photo Optics (The collection of optical data for measurement, scoring, and analysis) o Digital Cameras o High Speed Cameras o Optical Warhead Lethality Sensor Suite (OWLSS)

RANGE INSTRUMENTATION (CONT.)

Eglin Range Information Grid Enclave (ERIGE) Network

• IP based fiber network connecting instrumentation, test sites, ranges, and customer test items

• Network coverage of 726 square miles of the ETTC including downrange connectivity

• Downrange connectivity

• Significant Cybersecurity requirement with multiple ATO's

• ATO's required for all connection/data transport requirements

AIRBORNE INSTRUMENTATION (CONT.)

Airborne Pod Design and Development

• Airborne Flight Termination Pod (AFTP) o FTS Receiver/Transmitter

• AMADS-Sea Surveillance Pod o Sea Surveillance Radar

• Beyond Line-Of-Sight Pod (BLOS) o TM Relay

TARGET SYSTEMS

• Mobile Targets (Land and Maritime)

• Remote Control Targets

• Fixed Targets

• Test Support Structures

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• Threat Systems (Electronic Combat Range)

• Mobile systems

• Fixed systems

Uncrewed Aerial Systems

• Group 1-3 SUAS

• Overhead Video Capture

• Data Relay and Remote Target

Control

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• Counter-UAS Testing

• Operations from three different sites

EGLIN RANGE CONTROL CENTERS

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Eglin Range Control Centers

• Remote operations of downrange system o Radar o Telemetry o Land and Maritime Targets o Camera Systems o Spectrum Monitoring Instrumentation

Eglin Gulf Test & Training Range (EGTTR)

Eglin Gulf Test & Training Range (EGTTR)

• Gulf Range Armament Test Vehicle GRATV) 140' ABS barge, capability to anchor on-site for multiple days to support mission in GOMEX

• Full suite of instrumentation installed based on customer requirements

• Multiple high-speed video and film cameras.

• Microwave and telemetry data

• Weibel 40dB/320-Watt Doppler Radar

• Target vessels with GPS/INS

• Floating reusable sea target

• Remote-controlled maneuverable sea targets

782d Test Squadron Ground Test Facilities

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Map of 782d Facilities

782 TS

Seekers/Sensors /Signatures

Climatic Laboratory

J-PRIMES

GWEF

Guided Weapons Evaluation Facility (GWEF)

Primary Mission: Evaluation of Tactical Guided Munitions and Countermeasure Systems

Hardware-in-the-Loop (HITL) Simulation

State-of-the-Art Resources

Extensive Expertise Across Wide Range of Weapon Systems

GWEF Mission Full Spectrum Test Technologies

13 major test areas, covering:

Global navigation satellite system (GNSS) Radio frequency (RF) Millimeter wave (MMW) Visible (VIS) / electro-optical (EO) Infrared (IR) Ultraviolet (UV) Laser Directed energy (DE) Net-enabled weapons (NEW); Datalink /

Radio Countermeasure (CM)/Counter CM (CCM)

Test areas incorporate:

Actual weapon system hardware and software Flight motion simulators (FMS) Target/scene stimulators Real-time executive computational resources 4DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited 96TW-2024-0033."

GWEF Mission HITL Use Case

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Joint-Preflight Integration of Munitions and Electronics Systems (J-PRIMES)

• Replicates in-flight scenarios to support Electronic Warfare Testing, Weapon System Integration, and EMI/EMC Air Worthiness

• Large Anechoic Chamber

– Controlled RF environment

– Hoist to lift aircraft

– Control station for test conduct, data recording, real-time data analytics

J-PRIMES

EMI/EMC Laboratory

• Small Chamber

• MIL-STD-461

– Radiated/Conducted Susceptibility

– Radiated/Conducted Emissions

• Many other small scale RF test and measurements as required

J-PRIMES provides a State-of-the-Art RF T&E infrastructure:

– Large anechoic chamber to support ISTF capabilities

– Smaller anechoic chamber to support EMI/EMC subsystem test

– Complete RF end-to-end installed systems test

– Dense, high fidelity RF threat simulation

– Electronic countermeasures collection, measurement and analysis

– Radar target return and Electronic Protection simulation

– Antenna pattern measurement

– Inter- and Intra-Systems Electromagnetic (EM) Interoperability and

Compatibility (EMI/EMC) including EMCON characterization

– Electromagnetic environmental effects (E3) measurement

– Small Scale far field Radar Cross Section (RCS) measurement

J-PRIMES Capabilities

McKinley Climatic Laboratory

(MCL)

The mission of the McKinley Climatic Laboratory is to produce global environmental testing conditions for government and commercial organizations to test and prove that systems under test are capable of satisfactory performance during exposure to naturally occurring climatic extremes.

Temperature, rain, snow, icing, sand, dust, altitude, salt fog, humidity, and solar radiation are tested in a combination of 5 specialized chambers.

MCL Main Test Chamber

• World’s largest environmental test chamber, specially designed to test aircraft during exposure to climatic extremes

• -65F to +165F temperature range

• Air makeup capability up to 1000 lbm/sec for one hour

• Large size and flexibility makes the chamber an ideal facility for a variety of other specialized tests

• Extremely high ops tempo-DoD and commercial customers

Other MCL Test Chambers

• Equipment Test Chamber

– -65F to +165F temperature range.

– Air Make-Up capability

• 500 lbm/sec for 1 hr

• Sand, Wind, Rain, and Dust

Chamber

– Suitable for rain, wind, solar, sand, and dust

• Salt Fog Chamber

– High corrosive environment

• Altitude Chamber

– Sea level to 80,000 ft pressure altitude.

– Also supports rapid decompression tests

MALD

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Open Air Range Capabilities

• EO/IR/RF/MMW Signature Measurements

• Seeker Test Van (STV)

• Missile Plume Simulators (MPS)

• Eglin Mobile Missile Launcher System (EMMLS)

• Eglin Signatures Data Center (ESDC)

Seekers and Sensors Test Flight

Operate on Eglin ranges and remote locations

• C-52 STEF and SkyTherm Compound

• Western Ranges (WSMR, UTTR, China Lake)

• Redstone Test Center

• Camp Atterbury

EO/IR/RF/MMW Signature Measurements

• Collect & Characterize Multi-Spectral Sigs of A/C, Plumes, Countermeasures & Ground Targets

• Development & validation of M&S

• Signature exploitation (intel)/threat exploitation

• Database for smart weapons community

• RDT&E EO/IR seekers/sensors/platforms

• Active & passive countermeasures

• Air-to-Air

• Air-to-Ground

• Ground-to-Air

• Data Reduction & Analysis

Eglin STV Open-air effectiveness of directed and expendable EO/IR countermeasures

• Up to Eight simultaneous Seekers Operating

• Acquisition, preemptive, or reactive

• Gimbaled mirrors independently steered to achieve precise ProNav lead for each seeker

• Customized signal and video recording provides channel/display flexibility

• Recorded video with data and tracking marks overlay

• CCM decision process/score analysis

Missile Plume Simulation

• Ground-based threat signature simulators

• UV and Two-color IR missile simulator configurations

• Used as both a missile plume simulator and as a stimulator to elicit aircraft jammer response

• Jam Beam Radiometers to detect energy from countermeasure systems to confirm jamming

EMMLS Current Capabilities

• Two remote pan and tilt launcher systems

• Each capable of holding 2 missiles

• Enables timed/simultaneous launches

• Positioners’ max slew rate = 20°/sec

• Remotely operated Transport Erector Launcher (TEL)

• EMMLS supports launches at Eglin and other locations

• Over 1000 missiles fired successfully in a variety of engagement scenarios (dual, triple, moving, etc.)

Eglin Range Vision and EOMS 2 Challenge

I N F O R M E D - C O N N E C T E D - E M P O W E R E D

96 RN

Nathan King Chief Architect, 96th Range Group

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96th Range Group Identity

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96th Range Group’s Primary Purpose:

Provide resources and data to support weapon systems and components developmental test, evaluation and integration.

96th Range Group’s Function:

Steward range resources to support stakeholders' R&D, operational test and training needs in Northwest Florida and the Eastern Gulf of Mexico.

96th Range Group 2030+ Goal

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• Innovate & evolve test capabilities to enable development of weapon systems and Tactics, Techniques and Practices (TTPs) aligned with the DoD’s and Air Force's shift away from the Global War on Terror (GWOT) towards the Great Power Competition (GPC)

• Create the resources necessary to test emerging critical component technologies and test Long Range Kill Chain (LRKC) enabled, extended range/hypersonic/Network Collaborative Autonomous (NCA) weapons against live and virtual mobile maritime, land, and air targets in operationally relevant environments/scenarios using tactically relevant employment methods.

4 Driving Scenarios

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1. Long Range Weapons

2. Collaborative Combat Aircraft & Weapons

3. Regional Training Support

4. Critical Component Technology Development

Driving Scenario: Long Range Weapons

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• Examples: Hypersonic/Counter Hypersonic, Standoff, Stand-in-Attack

• Flight paths originating from the south transitioning to FL Panhandle land test areas or impacting water targets in the northern Gulf area

• Multiple simultaneous, long range test articles.

• Open air tests occur within Line-of-Sight

• Capture live and impact scoring data without placing the public at undue risk

Driving Scenario: Collaborative Combat Aircraft & Weapons

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• Numerous airborne, unmanned test articles with and without warheads, operating independently in the GOMEX airspace

• Support events with live and virtual systems under test

• Virtual and constructive data injection, collaborative activity captured live while not placing the public at undue risk

• Tests with many unmanned and manned items (SUT, Targets, Release Platforms)

• Open air test may be Beyond-Line-of-Sight (BLOS) and LOS

Driving Scenario: Regional Training Support

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• F-35, AFSOC, and joint training exercises

• Support for large force training exercises in the entirety of the

GOMEX

• Training instrumentation infrastructure distributed to remote locations across the entire Florida Gulf Coast

Critical Component Technology Development

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Component technologies RN must support to expedite delivery of those technologies to existing and future weapons addressing the Global Power Conflict priorities, thereby reducing Cost, Schedule, and Performance risk to all Operational Imperatives weapon acquisition programs.

• Seekers/Sensors/Countermeasures (EW)

• Seekers/Sensor/Countermeasures (EO/IR)

• Rapid Evolution of Threat Systems

• Swarms/AI (VC inject, Live Capture)

• Warhead Advancements Next Gen Guidance Navigation Control (GNC)/Fuzing

• Propulsion/Aero Improvements (Longer Ranges, Faster Speeds)

Historic Eglin Test & Training Complex

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Eglin Test & Training Complex Future

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Eglin Test & Training Complex Future

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EOMS 2 Challenge

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Operation, Sustainment, and Mission Execution

Transforming Eglin capabilities for 2030+

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