E-OMS_Industry_Day_MGTF_Brief.pdf

Eglin Major Ground Test Facilities

Distribution Statement A: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.

OVERVIEW

• Guided Weapons Evaluation Facility (GWEF)

• McKinley Climatic Lab (MCL)

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

• Seeker/Sensor/Signature Test Capabilities

• Landing Gear Test Facility (LGTF)

• Aerospace Vehicle Survivability Facility (AVSF)

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 CAPABILITIES

• 13 Major Test Areas, Covering o Visible / Electro-Optical o Infrared (IR) o Laser o GPS o RF o Millimeter Wave o Directed Energy o Net-Enabled Weapons o Countermeasure/CCM

• Test Areas Incorporate:

o Actual Weapon System HW & SW o Flight Motion Simulators o Target/Scene Stimulators o Computational Resources

TYPICAL GWEF HITL SIMULATION

Simulation Computers (Real-Time 6-DOF)

Scene/Target Projection

Seeker, GCU, GPS, INS, Actuator

Flight Motion Simulator

GPS SCS

GPS RF

Injection

INS

Injection

Aero-Load Simulator

Scene Generation

Seeker Signals & Fin Responses

JOINT-PREFLIGHT INTEGRATION OF

MUNITIONS AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS

(J-PRIMES)

• J-PRIMES Provides Controlled RF Environment for Testing

Rotary & Fixed Wing Aircraft Installed Systems

• Replicates in-flight scenarios to support Electronic Warfare Testing, Munitions/Systems Integration, and EMI/EMC Certification

• Main Anechoic Chamber o Controlled RF environment (100dB RF isolation) o Working volume: 74’ x 104’ x 26’ o 40 ton hoist o Control station for data recording, analysis, and test conduct

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

• Large anechoic chamber facilities to support ISTF capabilities

• Smaller anechoic chambers to support EMI/EMC testing of subsystems

• Complete RF end-to-end installed systems test

• Dense, high fidelity RF threat simulation

• Electronic countermeasures collection, measurement and analysis

• Radar target return and ECM simulation

• Antenna pattern measurement

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

Compatibility (EMI/EMC) including EMCON

• Electromagnetic environmental effects (E3) measurements

• Global positioning system (GPS) signal generation

• Radar Cross Section (RCS) measurement of munitions and subsystems

J-PRIMES CAPABILITIES

J-PRIMES

EMI/EMC LABORATORY

• RADIATED/CONDUCTED

EMISSIONS

• RADIATED/CONDUCTED

SUSCEPTIBILITY

• MIL-STD-461 AND 462,

PLUS MANY OTHER

SPECIFICATIONS

J-PRIMES E3 LABORATORY COMPLIMENTS RTTC ON-SITE FACILITIES –PROVIDES QUICK

ACCESS TO AN APPROVED FACILITY TO MEET HIGH VOLUME TEST REQUIREMENTS

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, salt fog, humidity & 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 from -65F to +125F at 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 heavy usage from DoD and commercial customers Distribution Statement A: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.

OTHER MCL TEST CHAMBERS

• Equipment Test Chamber o -65F to +170F temperature range.

o Air Make-Up capability

-65F to +125F 500 lbm/sec for 1 hr

• Sun, Wind, Rain, and Dust Chamber o Suitable for rain, wind, solar, sand and dust

• Salt Fog Chamber o High corrosive environment

• Altitude Chamber o Sea level to 77,000 ft pressure altitude.

o Also supports explosive decompression tests

MALD

Shadow UAV Distribution Statement A: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.

Live Fire Range

• Signature Measurements

• Seeker Test Van (STV)

• Validated missile plume simulators

• Eglin Mobile Missile Launcher System

(EMMLS)

• Operates on Eglin ranges and at remote locations o STEF o 300 ft Tower on Island o Tonapah Test Range o RTTC o Others

SEEKER/SENSOR/SIGNATURE TEST

CAPABILITIES

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EMMLS CURRENT CAPABILITIES

• Three remote pan and tilt launcher systems used for triple launcher

• Remoted TEL for firing larger missiles o Improved with ability to gas externally and use IR video for night shots

• EMMLS supports launches at Eglin and other remote locations

Multiple Launch Configurations

OVERVIEW OF STV SYSTEM

• STV supports open-air testing of flares and other acft self protection systems

• Six Seeker Operation o Three operators run two seekers each o Lock seekers on aircraft prior to dispense

• Recorded digitized signal data o Signals are extracted from the seekers o Recorded video with data and tracking marks overlay

• Seeker operators score between runs

• Tests frequently conducted at Eglin or at other TDY locations

STV

MISSILE PLUME SIMULATION

UV MALLINA Set-up

Distribution Statement A: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.

• Mallina is a ground-based threat signature simulator

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

• System can detect energy from countermeasure systems to confirm jamming

• Two-color IR missile simulator configuration under development

SIGNATURE MEASUREMENT

Objectives

• Collect & Characterize Multi-Spectral Sigs of A/C, Missile Plumes, CM & Grnd Targets

• Support Constructive & HITL M&S

Activities

• Air-to-Air, Air-to-Ground and Ground-to-Air Data Collection

• Data Reduction & Analysis

Distribution Statement A: Approved for public release;

distribution is unlimited.

Wright Patterson AFB Major Ground Test

Facilities

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

LANDING GEAR TEST FACILITY

F-35 PR: JSF14-470

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

LANDING GEAR TEST FACILITY (LGTF)

LGTF Mission

The world’s only independent, accurate, and unbiased source for military and commercial landing gear testing

Overview of Test Capabilities

• Landing Gear Components

• Landing Gear Systems

• Mishap/Issue Investigation

• Independent Engineering Evaluations

• Advanced Landing Gear RDT&E

LGTF – WPAFB - Area B - Bldg. 31

F-35 PR: JSF14-470

• 168˝ Wear Dyno

• Tire Force Machine

• 120˝ Dynamic Dyno

• Tire Burst Pit

• 2 Baldwin tension / compression presses up to 3 Mlbs compression

LGTF COMPONENT TESTING

The Landing Gear Test Facility (LGTF) has the world renowned capability to collectively or individually test all components of the landing gear system

Aircraft/Aerospace Tire Testing

• 6 Tire Testing Machines

• Provide tire property data/performance from a variety of dynamic, static, friction, and wear tests using various surface replications (runways, non-skids, etc.)

Aircraft/Aerospace Wheel & Brake Testing

• 2 variable inertia dynamometers (84˝ and 192˝

OD)

• Variable speed, yaw, camber, brake torque, loading (25,000– 301,500 lbs), and kinetic energy (up to 205 Million ft-lbs)

LGTF SYSTEM LEVEL TESTING

The Landing Gear Test Facility (LGTF) has the additional world renowned capability to test full landing gear systems

Full Scale Drop Testing

• 4 Drop Towers (Small UAV to Large A/C Main

Landing Gear)

• Simulated wing lift, load reaction platform, high speed video, multiple drop loads (750-150000 lbs), and a variety of drop/landing velocities (~5fps-30fps)

Full Scale Structural Fatigue Testing

• A fully customizable landing gear fatigue test rig

(Small UAV to Large A/C Main Landing Gear)

• Complete full gear qualification testing spectrums

(drag loading (air loads), retract-extend testing, ground loading, etc.)

• Complete shimmy testing and other dynamic and in-between full gear testing

AEROSPACE VEHICLE SURVIVABILITY

FACILITY (AVSF)

“The Survivability Assessment Flight works with the customer through R&D, M&S, and testing to enhance aerospace platform combat effectiveness by defining and reducing platform vulnerability.”

RANGE A-INDOOR BALLISTIC RESEARCH

• Contains the Hydrodynamic Ram Simulator Test Capability o Unique ability to economically evaluate the damage resistance of aircraft skin- spar joints

• Pressure Measurements

• Instrumented Specimens

• Phantom High Speed Cameras(up to 1M frames per sec.)

• Water Filled Chamber

• Nitrogen Gas Launch Technique

AEN-AIRCRAFT ENGINE NACELLE FACILITY

Aircraft Engine Nacelle

• Unique site to conduct R&D in aerospace vehicle engine nacelle fire initiation & sustainment

• DoD Center of Expertise for aerospace vehicle fire extinguishing evaluations

• Contains a full-annulus engine nacelle fixture which provides a high degree of realism

• AEN Fire Test Simulator allows the generation of in-flight nacelle conditions, including temperature and aircraft system operations

• 15’ Long with Inner Cores of 24”, 30”, and 36” or Customer Specified

• Modern data acquisition system containing over 150 high speed channels of support o Air Mass Flow Rates 3.4 – 10 lbs/s o 6 gal Fuel Capacity (can go higher) o Temperatures 400F to 2750F o 32 lbs Experimental Fire Extinguishing for R&D o 6 ton CO2 Fire Extinguisher o Fuel/Water Scrubber Unit

Thermal Degradation

• Used to perform Thermal Degradation of composites testing (~2,0000F)

• Used for controlled experiments assessing hot surface ignition of aircraft fluids

RANGE 1

• Sited Indoor Facility

• Ammo, round, & explosive storage

• Capability to modify US and foreign munitions fuzes, explosive content, reloading and storage

• Rated to 1 lb. Net Explosive Weight (NEW)

• 75-foot gun range

• Incendiary Flash & Quantification Studies

• Armor & Panel V50

• Phantom High Speed Cameras(up to 1M frames per sec.)

• 3-D Track Eye Motion Analysis (TEMA)

• Foreign Threats o - Small arms up to 23mm HEI (586 fps to muzzle plus) o - High Speed Fragments (7,000 fps) o - Fragment Weights 2 to 150 grains

RANGE 2

• Develop, test and evaluate fuel cell inerting systems, hydrodynamic ram evaluations, ballistic flammability studies, material and component ballistic tolerance investigations, armor development, and threat characterizations

• 300-foot gun range terminating in a concrete test chamber

• 1lb. Net Explosive Weigh (NEW)

• Foreign Threats o Small arms up to 30mm HEI (586 fps to muzzle plus) o High Speed Fragments (7,000 fps) o Fragment (Sphere, Cube, & FSP) weights 2 to 150 grains

• LabView Controller

• 224 Channels of Data Acquisition

• 175 gal Fuel Capacity

• 42 tons CO2 Fire Extinguishment

• High Speed Phantom Cameras (up to 1M frames per sec.)

RANGE 3

• Most capable and highest fidelity test site

• Covered test area used for production or replica of aircraft hardware evaluations involving high-speed airflow, flight load simulation, and fuel fire/explosion to evaluate ballistic/HEL vulnerabilities of operating combat weapon systems

• 1 lb Net Explosive Weight (NEW)

• Foreign Threats o Small Arms up to 30mm HEI (586 fps to muzzle plus) o High Speed Fragments (7,000 fps) o Fragment (Sphere, Cube, & FSP) weights 2 to 150 grains

• High Speed Phantom Cameras (up to 1M frames per sec.)

• Water Mist, Deluge, & Command Controlled Water Cannons

• Shotline - Virtually Any Engagement Angle

• Upper - 5’x5’ Duct w/ 500 kts Airflow at Wall; Platform

60’x80’x80’

• Lower - 4’x4’ Duct w/ 500 kts Airflow at Wall; Platform

20’x40’x30’

• LabView Controller

• 224 Channels of Data Acquisition

• 2000 gal Fuel (-400F to +2400F)

• 42 tons CO2 Fire Extinguishment

• High Energy Laser Permit (Lower)

• Bleed Air Simulation

• Hydraulic & Electrical Hook-ups

• Simulated Flight Loads

• 25 Ton Overhead Crane