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DATALINKS TEST FACILITY

EGLIN OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

SERVICES

(E-OMS) INDUSTRY DAYS

3 JUNE 2014

WELCOME TO THE DATALINKS TEST FACILITY,

COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE DTF. THE DTF CONSISTS OF

THREE SEPARATE LABS IN TWO BUILDINGS (85/73) WITH 4

DEPLOYABLE COMMUNICATION SUITES. THESE LABS

SUPPORT VARIOUS TYPES OF DATALINK RADIO TESTING

WHILE HOSTING THE GULF COMMON NETWORK (GCN) FOR

HURLBURT, EGLIN, AND TYNDALL AFBS. THE DTF IS

LOCATED NEXT TO THE FLIGHT LINE AT THE INTERSECTION

OF 7TH AND DAYTONA RD.

THE DTF PROVIDES MIL-STD COMPLIANCE AND

INTEROPERABILITY TESTING FOR ALL AIR FORCE DATALINK

CAPABLE RADIOS. ALONGSIDE THIS C4ISR DEVELOPMENTAL

TESTING, THE DTF PROVIDES DIRECT WARFIGHTER TROUBLE

SHOOTING SUPPORT ACROSS THE GLOBE.

THESE LABS HAVE SADL, LINK 16, VMF, EPLRS, COT,

AND ANW2 CAPABILITIES. TO ENSURE INTEROPERABILITY,

THE DTF IS EQUIPPED WITH HARDWARE-IN-THE-LOOP (HITL)

AIRCRAFT THAT CAN OPERATE IN VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS

AS WELL AS IN OPEN AIR RANGES WITH REAL AIRCRAFT.

THE DTF’S “AIRCRAFT INVENTORY” CONSISTS OF F-15E AND

C MODELS, A10-C, JSTARS, AWACS, B1, DRC, BACN AND AN

F-16 BLOCK 40.

THE DTF SUPPORTS BOTH CLASSIFIED AND

UNCLASSIFIED PROGRAMS THAT ARE CONDUCTED WITH

FLIGHT TESTS, AIRCRAFT GROUND MOUNTS, AND SYSTEM

INTEGRATION LABS.

SECURE DEFENSE RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING

NETWORK (SDREN) AND SIPR NETWORKS ENABLES THE DTF

TO DISTRIBUTIVELY TEST WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND

DATALINK ASSETS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

MOBILE LABS ALLOW NETWORK DEPLOYMENT

ANYWHERE IN THE U.S. INCLUDING AUSTERE TEST RANGES.

THESE VEHICLES CAN BE EQUIPPED WITH VARIOUS

DATALINK RADIOS, ANTENNA MASTS, MONITORS, SERVERS,

AND GPS UNITS DEPENDING ON THE TEST BEING

SUPPORTED. THE MOBILE LAB IS ALSO CAPABLE OF DATA

COLLECTION AND REDUCTION FOR REAL-TIME ANALYSIS.

DYNAMIC RF INTEGRATED PROPAGATION SIMULATION

SYSTEM (DRIPS) ALLOWS THE DTF TO SIMULATE LARGE

DISTANCES AND CABLE DELAYS IN NETWORKS THAT MORE

ACCURATELY REPRESENT OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS.

DRIPS USES FIBER OPTIC CABLE TO REPLICATE LARGE AIR

GAP DISTANCES FOR TIMING AND CORRESPONDING RF

ATTENUATION.

LMS-16 PROVIDES RF DETECTION FOR INTERPRETING

THE HEALTH OF LINK 16 NETWORKS. ALL TIME SLOTS AND

NETWORK PARTICIPANTS CAN BE MONITORED AND

EVALUATED. THIS ALLOWS QUICK AND ACCURATE TROUBLE

SHOOTING OF NETWORK CONNECTIVITY ISSUES ON A UNIT-

BY-UNIT BASIS.

THE DTF EXECUTES AROUND 200 TESTS PER YEAR

THAT LAST FROM 1 DAY TO 30 DAYS EACH AND MAY INVOLVE

1 TO 20 DTF EMPLOYEES.