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GUIDED WEAPONS EVALUATION FACILITY (GWEF)

EGLIN OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES

(E-OMS) INDUSTRY DAYS

3 JUNE 2014

ENTER LOBBY. NORMALLY EVERYONE MUST SIGN IN TO THE

GWEF. SINCE THE SIGN IN SHEET MAY BE SENSITIVE, THE PLAN IS

TO HAVE THE VISITOR LOG FORWARDED TO OUR SECURITY POC

AHEAD OF TIME. THE SECURITY POC MAY BE PRESENT TO VERIFY

IDS UNLESS THEY HAVE BEEN POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED

PREVIOUSLY.

LOBBY SCRIPT. GWEF IS A SECURE FACILITY. PLEASE

LEAVE ALL ELECTRONICS IN THE LOCKERS AND TAKE A VISITOR

BADGE.

STOP IN THE GWEF DOWNSTAIRS HALLWAY. PRESENT GWEF

OVERVIEW CHART.

THE GUIDED WEAPONS EVALUATION FACILITY IS A

NONDESTRUCTIVE TEST ENVIRONMENT FOR DEVELOPING AND

EVALUATING PRECISION-GUIDED WEAPONS AND INFRARED

COUNTERMEASURES IN SIMULATED “REAL-WORLD”

ENVIRONMENTS.

THE GWEF PROVIDES SUPPORT IN THE FOLLOWING

FUNCTIONAL AREAS: DIGITAL AND HARDWARE-IN-THE-LOOP

(HITL) SIMULATIONS OF AIR ARMAMENT MUNITIONS, PARAMETRIC

MEASUREMENTS, COUNTERMEASURE (CM) TESTING, AND

DIRECTED ENERGY (DE) EFFECTS TESTING.

THE GWEF COVERS THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM

WITH HARDWARE-IN-THE-LOOP TEST CAPABILITIES INCLUDING

VISIBLE, INFRARED, MILLIMETER WAVE, RADAR, LASER, AND GPS.

GWEF SUPPORTS BOTH AIR FORCE WEAPONS DEVELOPMENT

PROGRAMS AND INFRARED AIRCRAFT SELF-PROTECTION SYSTEM

TESTING, REFERRED TO AS IR COUNTERMEASURES TESTING.

GWEF HAS 13 TEST AREAS INCLUDING 3 IRCM TEST AREAS, A

LASER TEST AREA, AN RF TEST AREA, A MILLIMETER

WAVE/MULTIMODE TEST AREA, TWO IRCM DEVELOPMENTAL TEST

AREAS, A SEEKER PARAMETRIC MEASUREMENT AREA, A

DYNAMIC (HPM) TEST AREA, AND A STATIC HPM

CHARACTERIZATION AREA. IT ALSO SUPPORTS AIRCRAFT AND

TERRAIN SIGNATURE MODELING AND HOUSES THE EGLIN

SIGNATURES DATA CENTER.

THE GWEF IS A GOVERNMENT OWNED AND OPERATED

FACILITY WITH CONTRACTOR SUPPORT.

DUE TO TIME LIMITATIONS WE WILL VISIT ONE OF THE IRCM

TEST AREAS AND THE RF TEST AREA.

TEST AREA 140. THIS IS ONE OF 3 CURRENT IRCM TEST

AREAS. THE TEST CONFIGURATION USES A 5 AXIS FLIGHT

MOTION SIMULATOR AND COMPLEX INFRARED SCENE

PROJECTION SYSTEM TO SIMULATE A VIRTUAL FLYOUT OF A

THREAT MISSILE ENGAGING AN AIRCRAFT. THE ACTUAL

AIRCRAFT SELF-PROTECTION LASER JAMMER IS INCORPORATED

INTO THE SCENE PROJECTOR. THE ENGAGEMENT SIMULATES

THE AERODYNAMICS OF THE MISSILE BASED ON THE RESPONSE

OF THE MISSILE CONTROL SYSTEM. AS THE MISSILE FLYOUT

PROGRESSES, THE FLIGHT DYNAMICS ARE RECREATED ON THE

FLIGHT MOTION SIMULATOR AND THE MISSILE SEES AN INFRARED

REPRESENTATION OF THE AIRCRAFT PROJECTED BY A 512 BY 512

ELEMENT RESISTOR ARRAY. THE MISSILE AERODYNAMICS ARE

MODELED IN REAL TIME ALONG WITH THE AIRCRAFT SIGNATURE

MODEL AND JAMMER RADIOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS. THIS

HARDWARE-IN-THE-LOOP TEST INVOLVES A HIGHLY COMPLEX

COMBINATION OF SOFTWARE, PHYSICAL MOTION, DYNAMICS AND

SIGNATURE MODELING, OPTICS, CALIBRATION, ELECTRONIC

INTERFACING, AND DATA ANALYSIS. THE OTHER TWO IRCM TEST

AREAS ARE CONFIGURED SIMILARLY WITH SLIGHT VARIATION IN

FLIGHT MOTION SIMULATOR CHARACTERISTICS AND OPTICAL

PROJECTION SYSTEM DESIGN. EACH TEST AREA CONDUCTS ON

AVERAGE 15,000 OR MORE SIMULATED ENGAGEMENTS EACH

YEAR.

TEST AREA 210. THIS IS THE RF SIMULATION CHAMBER. WE

WILL FILE BY THE ANECHOIC CHAMBER SHORTLY SO YOU CAN

SEE THE CONFIGURATION OF THE RF SIMULATION HARDWARE.

CURRENTLY, THIS TEST AREA IS BEING USED TO SUPPORT THE

MINIATURE AIR LAUNCHED DECOY – JAMMER SYSTEM. THIS TEST

DOES NOT ACTUALLY RADIATE THE RF IN FREE SPACE BUT

OPERATES IN A PROCESSOR IN THE LOOP TEST CONFIGURATION

WHERE THE MALD-J FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM AND SOFTWARE IS

STIMULATED IN A REAL-TIME SIMULATION TO PROVIDE TESTING

OF THE OPERATION FLIGHT PROGRAM SOFTWARE AND THE

PAYLOAD/JAMMER HARDWARE IS EXERCISED VIA SIGNAL

INJECTION. THE SIMULATION USES THE GLOBAL POSITIONING

SYSTEM SIMULATOR SYSTEM WHICH SIMULATES THE GPS

SATELLITE CONSTELLATION AND PROVIDES GPS SIGNALS TO THE

MALD RECEIVER. THE SIMULATION ALSO INCLUDES THE FLIGHT

DYNAMICS AND SIMULATIONS OF OTHER INPUTS SUCH AS THE

MIL-STD-1760 AIRCRAFT INTERFACE AND ALTIMETER.

WALK BACK TO LOBBY. THE GWEF IS A SECURE FACILITY

AND IS DESIGNED SUCH THAT EACH TEST AREA IS AN

INDEPENDENT SECURE AREA. WE CAN OPERATE THE TEST

AREAS AT MULTIPLE LEVELS OF SECURITY SIMULTANEOUSLY. AS

YOU HAVE SEEN TODAY, GWEF OPERATIONS REQUIRE A BROAD

SCOPE OF HIGHLY SKILLED LABOR, FROM SOFTWARE

DEVELOPMENT TO OPTICAL DESIGN TO MACHINIST TO INFRARED

AND ELECTRONICS TECHNICIANS.

THIS CONCLUDES THE VISIT TO THE GUIDED WEAPONS

EVALUATION FACILITY.

MCKINLEY CLIMATIC LABORATORY (MCL)

ENTER THE MAIN LOBBY. WELCOME TO THE MCKINLEY

CLIMATIC LABORATORY. THE CLIMATIC LAB, AS IT IS COMMONLY

KNOWN, IS THE WORLD’S LARGEST ENVIRONMENTAL TEST

FACILITY AND HAS THE CAPABILITY TO CREATE ANY CLIMATIC

ENVIRONMENT IN THE WORLD. MCL PROVIDES THE DEPARTMENT

OF DEFENSE THE CAPABILITY TO ENSURE MILITARY SYSTEMS

WILL OPERATE RELIABLY IN ANY ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

THAT MIGHT BE ENCOUNTERED IN A THEATER OF OPERATIONS.

PLEASE BE SEATED. THE VIDEO YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE WILL

PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE MCL, ITS FUNCTION,

CAPABILITIES, AND THE BREADTH OF TESTING THAT OCCURS

HERE.

VIDEO IS ALREADY PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED. WATCH

VIDEO.

THE PLAN IS TO MAKE A QUICK WALK INTO THE MAIN

CHAMBER IF TEST CONDITIONS PERMIT.

NOW WE WILL MAKE A QUICK WALK INTO THE CHAMBER.

PLEASE BE CAUTIOUS AS CLIMATIC CONDITIONS MAY PRESENT

HAZARDS.

NOTE: IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC HAZARDS THAT DAY (TRIP

HAZARDS, SLIPPERY CONDITIONS, ETC) THOSE WILL BE POINTED

OUT.

MOVE BACK TO LOBBY. THANK YOU FOR VISITING THE

MCKINLEY CLIMATIC LABORATORY. THIS CONCLUDES THE TOUR.

JOINT-PREFLIGHT INTEGRATION OF MUNITIONS

AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS (J-PRIMES) FACILITY

EGLIN OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES

(E-OMS) INDUSTRY DAYS

3 JUNE 2014

HANGAR FLOOR IN FRONT OF MAIN CHAMBER. THE J-PRIMES

ANECHOIC CHAMBER, AS AN INSTALLED SYSTEMS TEST FACILITY

(ISTF), PROVIDES TESTING OF AIR-TO-AIR AND AIR-TO-SURFACE

MUNITIONS AND ELECTRONICS SYSTEMS ON FULL-SCALE

AIRCRAFT AND LAND VEHICLES PRIOR TO OPEN AIR TESTING. IT

CONDUCTS ELECTRONIC WARFARE TESTING, ELECTROMAGNETIC

COMPATIBILITY TESTING, AND AIRCRAFT/WEAPONS INTEGRATION

TESTING.

THE J-PRIMES IS OPERATED UNDER A MEMORANDUM OF

AGREEMENT WITH THE ARMY. J-PRIMES IS A GOVERNMENT RUN

FACILITY SUPPORTED BY CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL FOR

OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.

TOUR THROUGH THE MAIN CHAMBER, CONTROL ROOM, AND

SMALLER ANECHOIC CHAMBERS.

INSIDE MAIN CHAMBER. THE RF ANECHOIC CHAMBER IS A

100DB RF-ISOLATED ANECHOIC CHAMBER WITH A HOIST LIFT

CAPACITY OF 40 TONS AND CAPABLE OF TESTING ALL CURRENT

USAF, USA, & USN FIGHTER AIRCRAFT AND HELICOPTERS, A

VARIETY OF GROUND COMBAT VEHICLES, & NUMEROUS

COMMERCIAL PLATFORMS. SIMULATION AND TEST EQUIPMENT

IS EMPLOYED INTO THIS AREA AS NEEDED. THE MAJOR J-PRIMES

MODELING AND SIMULATION SYSTEMS INCLUDE: AMES II FOR

SIMULATION OF THREAT RADAR SIGNALS, REAL-TIME SIX DEGREE

OF FREEDOM FLIGHT MOTION SIMULATOR FOR SHOOTER AND

TARGET MOTION DYNAMICS, FOUR TARGET, CLOSED LOOP

RADAR TARGET SIMULATOR WITH DYNAMIC RADAR CROSS

SECTION, JET ENGINE MODULATION, ELECTRONIC

COUNTERMEASURES, AND CLUTTER SIGNATURES USED TO

SIMULATE THREAT ENGAGEMENT SCENARIOS, AND VARIOUS

RADAR SOURCES, AND INSTRUMENTATION INCLUDING ANTENNAS

AND NETWORK ANALYZERS.

INSIDE CONTROL ROOM. THE CONTROL ROOM IS A

SHIELDED ROOM WHERE TEST CONTROL FOR THE MAIN CHAMBER

IS CONDUCTED. DATA CAPTURED FROM THE CHAMBER IS

ROUTED BACK INTO THE CONTROL ROOM FOR BOTH REAL TIME

DISPLAY AND POST TEST ANALYSIS. THE CONTROL SYSTEMS

INCLUDE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF IN-HOUSE DEVELOPED

SOFTWARE FOR SIMULATOR CONTROL, DATA CAPTURE, AND

DATA DISPLAY/ANALYSIS.

INSIDE EMI/EMC CHAMBER. THE EMI/EMC CHAMBER IS A

SEMI-ANECHOIC SHIELDED ENCLOSURE FOR TESTING OF MIL-STD

461/462 AND MANY OTHER EMI/EMC COMMERCIAL

SPECIFICATIONS INSIDE MODE STIR CHAMBER.

THE MODE-STIR CHAMBER IS A 24'X30'X10' CHAMBER WHICH

CAN BE USED IN EITHER A MODE STIR MODE OR AS A SMALLER

ANECHOIC CHAMBER. THIS AREA IS PRIMARILY USED FOR

EMC/EMI TESTING AND EW TESTING OF SMALLER SYSTEMS

BACK TO HANGAR FLOOR AREA. OTHER TEST AREAS AND

SYSTEMS AT THE J-PRIMES INCLUDE THE OUTDOOR RAMP, THE

OPEN-AIR FLIGHTLINE AREA FOR TESTING OF LARGE AIRCRAFT,

WITH ACCESS TO ALL FACILITY SIMULATION AND

INSTRUMENTATION, THE TEST STATIONS WHICH ARE SHIELDED

LABORATORIES FOR SUBSYSTEM LEVEL TESTING OF FIGHTER

AND BOMBER ELECTRONICS AND WEAPON SYSTEMS, THE MOBILE

LABORATORY FOR OFF-SITE MISSION SUPPORT, MIL-STD-1760

WEAPONS & AIRCRAFT SIMULATOR FOR INTERFACING WITH

AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS, TWO 10-CHANNEL DIFFERENTIAL GPS

CONSTELLATION SIMULATORS AND SIX GPS JAMMER SOURCES.

THANK YOU FOR VISITING THE J-PRIMES. THIS CONCLUDES

THE TOUR.