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TECHNICAL EXHIBIT 6 (TE6)

OPERATIONAL WORKLOAD HISTORY

Atlantic Targets and Marine Operations Division (ATMO) AUTEC deployment is cyclic, and some periods are longer than others. On average, the contractor can plan on three deployments per year, with approximately 30 days per deployment. Deployment to Mayport, FL is also cyclic, based on the number of C2X and JTFX events. On average, the contractor can plan on 5 events, with approximately 30 days per days per event.

Atlantic Test Ranges (ATR) ATR is responsible for providing range assets and services in support of Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) for the Naval Aviation Enterprise. Additionally, ATR provides support to other DoD and federal agencies as well as commercial and international partners. The assets and services provided vary from positive airspace control in designated warning and restricted areas, to high-rate data delivery (telemetry) and voice communications, basic and advanced data processing and display, radio frequency management, and Time, Space, Position Information (TSPI) of tracked air vehicles, vessels and other objects, such as ordnance.

The open-air range and ground test facilities developed for RDT&E also have tremendous applications for fleet and warfighter pre-deployment systems grooming and readiness training exercises. ATR coordinates training events in airspace at ATR and at sites around the country. Carrier Strike Groups (CSGs) and Expeditionary Strike Groups (ESGs) are routinely supported – from small, unit-level events to large-scale, joint exercises.

FY11 WORKLOAD

ATR experienced an anticipated increase in workload in FY11, primarily due to the arrival and ramp-up of ACAT-1 programs at NAS Patuxent River and testing of new naval technologies, such as the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) at Lakehurst, N.J.; and other remote testing, including Carrier Suitability/Precision Aircraft Landing System (PALS) qualifications and foreign support.

The number of test events supported in FY11 increased by 34 percent from FY10 and 30 percent from the FY06-FY09 average. Range hours supported increased by 102 percent from FY10 and 45 percent from the FY06-FY09 average.

The surge of aircraft testing in FY11 is due largely to flight testing of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, in addition to continuing tests of legacy platforms. On a typical day at ATR with a high-volume flight schedule, tests were being conducted on the F-35, V-22, E-2D, P-8A, F/A-18, MH-60, VH-3 and CH-53.

In FY11, ATR’s Offshore Military Unit (MRU) successfully completed Biennial Certification conducted by Fleet Area Control and Surveillance Facility, Virginia Capes (FACSFAC VACAPES) and FAA Air Traffic representatives.

FY11 Scheduled Events/Hours Test Events Completed 2,534

Test Hours Completed 17,562 Completed Test Event Trends

FY10 Remote Operations Number of FY11 remote operations:

Man-days spent away from ATR supporting remote operations:

1,802

During fiscal year 2011, ATR supported a variety of test and evaluation missions, training events and special projects in and around the Patuxent River Complex and special use airspace as well as at remote sites around the country and across the world. Project activity included the following.

Naval Aviation Enterprise Test Platforms Support

· Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) VX-23 (F/A-18) AMRAAM events in Patuxent River restricted airspace

· AH-1W

2.75-inch Rocket Fire and Pilot Proficiency; Helmet Sight System (HDTS) Baseline Performance Test and Evaluation

· CH-53

Antenna Pattern Measurements; Baseline Sea and Land Target Simulator (BSALTS) Testing at Webster Field Annex (WFA)

· E-2C Hawkeye Evaluation of the High Frequency Internet Protocol (HFIP) Data Communications System; HF Fixed-Wire Antenna Study

· E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Functional/Performance Evaluation of Airborne Early Warning Command and Control Systems (AEWC&C); MK-7 Carrier Suitability and CVS Arrestment Testing; Electronic Support Measures Integration Testing

· EA-6B

Remote flight test support at Nellis Air Force Base

· EA-18G Growler AEA Missions System Integrated Test & Evaluation

· EP-3

Calibration Verification Flight

· F/A-18 Super Hornet Mines Captive Carriage Test Flights; MK-7 CVS Arrestments; Supersonic Captive Carriage Test Flights; Safe Separation Testing; Mixed Stores Separation Evaluation; MK-62 Quickstrike Mines Separation Testing; FZU-48/61 Safe Separation Testing; Mixed Stores Separation Testing to Expand Authorized Weapons Load Out; GBU-12 Dual-Mode Laser Guided Bomb (DMLGB) Separation Testing; Ship Suitability Functional Testing of the AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM); Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) MISSILEX

· F-35 Joint Strike Fighter BF-1: Flying Qualities; STOVL-Mode Envelope Expansion Testing; BF-2: Carrier Suitability; Flying Qualities, including performance during Aerial Refueling and Supersonic Flutter, Air Data Testing, Flutter and Envelope Expansion flights; BF-3: Carrier Suitability, STOVL-Mode Envelope Expansion; Flying Qualities, Loads Regression, Airframe Door Testing; BF-4: Carrier Suitability; Mission Systems testing; STOVL-Mode Envelope Expansion; Flying Qualities; BF-5: Mission Systems, Flying Qualities; CF-1: Flying Qualities; Mission Systems; Air Data Collection; Flight Stability and Control; CF-2: Flying Qualities; Carrier Suitability; CF-3: Carrier Suitability; Catapult Tests; Flying Qualities

· All five JSF aircraft were scheduled for flight testing in one day for the first time in March. CF-1 ferried to NAS Patuxent River in November 2010, joined in early 2011 by CF-2. CF-3 arrived on Thursday, June 2, 2011.BF-4 commenced STOVL testing on April 11, 2011. BF-5 aircraft arrived at Patuxent River on July 16, 2011.

· Portable Instrumented Remote Atmospheric Test Equipment (PIRATE), developed by ATR, provided accurate and reliable meteorological observations to aid in the determination of safe test flight conditions

· Performed Risk Reduction Testing to ensure that the JSF program receives data on time and without incident during developmental flight testing – resulted in confidence by the JSF IPT that ATR is able to support the program’s demanding technical requirements

· H-1 Pilot Proficiency Rocket Fire testing at Hannibal Target

· King Air A100 Flight Termination System (FTS) Antenna Pattern Characteristics Testing

· MH-60R

Missile Warning System Performance Evaluations; AN/APS Multi Mission Radar (MMR) Performance Integrated Test and Evaluation; System Regression Testing; Right Hand Extended Pylon Torpedo Drops; Launcher Separation Evaluation

· MH-60S

2.75” Unguided Rockets Jettison and Safe Separation Testing to Evaluate the LAU-61 C/A at Hannibal Target; Ground Test Event; Multi-Spectral Targeting System (MTS) Integration and Performance Testing; 20mm Gun System Safe Separation

· MH-60S/Fire Scout Remote Designation Engagement Demonstration to demonstrate the interoperability between the MH-60S and the Fire Scout during a simulated AGM-144 remote designation engagement with the MH-60S as the shooter and the Fire Scout as the designator

· P-3 Antenna Pattern Testing; Product Improvement, Production Lot Acceptance and Developmental Chaff RCS Evaluation

· P-8 Poseidon Multi-Mission Aircraft T1: Flying Qualities and Navigation Testing (Phase I testing reported as complete for T1); Weapons Safe Separation Testing; T2: Flying Qualities and Navigation Testing; Mission Systems Testing; T-3: Weapons Separations Testing for Sonobuoys and Flares; ; Roll-Over Ground Tests; AN/APY-10 Radar System Evaluation Testing; Roll-over Testing; T-3: Sonobuoy Evaluation –This event marked the first time the platform launched sonobuoys since it arrived and began testing at Patuxent River

· UH-1Y

Compatibility Evaluation of the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS)

· V-22 Osprey Aircraft Wake Testing; Functional Test Flights; Vehicle Management Systems Test Flights; Runway Bump Testing; Ship Suitability Testing aboard the USS Wasp (LDH 1); V-22 Short Takeoff and Minimum Run On Landing Gross Weight and Wind Envelope Expansion; V-22 taxi in tailwinds; and Investigation of V-22 Downwash Effects

· VH-3

BIFILAR (Main Rotor Dampening Unit) Shakedown Flight Testing

· Test Track Military Radar Unit (MRU) Services Offshore ECHO Test Track MRU support for multiple platforms Other Navy/DoD Programs

· U.S. Army Safe Separation Testing of AN/ALE-47; M206 Flares, MJU-64 Flares on C-12 Variant Aircraft

· U.S. Army Gray Eagle RCS and IR Signature Measurements

· U.S. Air Force Personnel and equipment provided support in Florida and Arizona to an Air Force project to develop a new sensor for early target detection.

· De Havilland DHC-6-300 Countermeasure separation testing in support of U.S. Army Counter IED Programs.

· Desert Owl King Air 200T U.S. Army test to demonstrate the flare dispenses from the AN/ALE47 Countermeasures Dispensing System as installed on the Desert Owl 2 aircraft.

· X-47B UCAS-D

Range Safety supported operations of the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., in order to understand the program and any safety concerns well ahead of the test schedule for when the platform transitions to flight test at NAS Patuxent River. ATR connected to RDT&E network for monitoring Edwards test flights at ATR.

· Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Echo Control provided Potomac River airspace surveillance.

Remote Support

· F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Personnel and equipment traveled to Norfolk for deployment on the USS Wasp (LHD 1) to support initial JSF shipboard testing; and to Lakehurst, N.J. for carrier suitability and jet blast deflector testing.

· Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) Personnel and equipment deployed to the full-size shipboard-representative test site in Lakehurst, N.J., in support of EMALS catapult commissioning testing supporting launches of an instrumented sled, F/A-18E Super Hornet, T-45 Goshawk, E-2D Advanced Hawkeye and C-2A Greyhound. Remote support was provided using a mobile RTPS trailer to collect telemetry signals.

· Precision Aircraft Landing System (PALS) Qualifications Personnel and equipment deployed aboard USS Harry S Truman (CVN 75); USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), in Bremerton, Washington; USS George Washington (CVN-73); USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69); and USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) to support PALS qualification trials.

· NASA

ATR radar subject-matter-experts provided support at Kennedy Space Center for NASA Space Shuttle launches STS133, STS134 and non-shuttle missions.

Joint Test & Training

· Bold Quest Supported U.S. Joint Forces Command-sponsored Bold Quest event in Norway, where warfighters and analysts from the United States, Norway and the United Kingdom tested U.S. and U.K. CID servers and interfaces in preparation for Bold Quest 2011.

· U.S. Army Vehicle and Dismount Exploitation Radar (VADER) Hosted an Army-sponsored data collection event, consisting of numerous range-operated ground vehicles as targets for UAS radar pod using Twin Otter aircraft as surrogate test bed – RTPS (for data analysis) and AVMI (instrumentation) participated in acoustic evaluation of F-35 (Pratt & Whitney-designed) engine maximum capability testing.

· Army Reserve 203 Transportation Detachment Gunfire training and qualifications for Army reserve unit.

Commercial, Foreign Military Sales and Non-Navy/DoD Programs

· Bombardier Challenger 600 Survivability Testing

· Italian Navy Cavour Carrier Suitability Testing – ATR deployed personnel to support Carrier Suitability Testing in the Mediterranean; Remote support also provided in Rome and La Spezia, Italy, to support AV-8B testing aboard Italian aircraft carrier Cavour (550)

· Organic Persistent Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (OPISR) Demonstration Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab OPISR-11 – Demonstrated a variety of unmanned sensors and platforms operating as an “ISR Cloud”

· Northrop Grumman BAC1-11 High-Gain Electronic Support Measures (HG ESM) Evaluation Testing; Electronic Warfare Testing; Integration and Performance Testing; AESA (Active Electronically Scanned Array) Radar Testing; V(8) Integration and Performance Testing Phase II – Test events in support of F-22 and F-35 mission systems early development under a Commercial Services Agreement (CSA)

· Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18E/F Radar Cross-Section Testing; Safe Separation Testing

· SRC, Inc.

AN/ PPS-5D, SR Hawk™ Battlefield Surveillance Radar – Built to support a totally different application for the U.S. Army, SRC came to ATR to test the radar in a maritime/harbor environment.

Technology Transfer & Partnerships

· Battlefield Communications Simulation System BCSS #1, formerly deployed at the Southern California Off-Shore Range (SCORE), was recalled per the direction of JNTC sponsors and returned to NAVAIR for complete refurbishment, upgrade and reconfiguration. The new BCSS#1 was permanently installed in the Belle Fourche ESS building at Colony, Wyo., a facility operated by the 28th Operational Support Squadron. This is the eighth BCSS fielded to-date, with funds in-house to produce one more system: BCSS#9, a mobile configuration for the Melrose Bombing and Gunnery Range, Cannon AFB, NM.

· Joint Interoperability Test & Evaluation Capability (InterTEC) ATR coordinated with NAVAIR acquisition program representatives and the T&E community to provide hands-on training, technical exchange meetings and information sessions on the use and implementation of the InterTEC analysis tools. InterTEC is funded through the Central Test & Evaluation Investment Program (CTEIP) and was developed to provide a core network-centric and Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) interoperability test capability for DoD services and agencies.

· B-STAR Radar Performance Evaluation Supported B-STAR Radar Performance Evaluation, conducted under a Commercial Service Agreement (CSA) to evaluate the effectiveness of a Bird Strike Detection radar.

· The “Ely Experience” ATR survey and photogrammetrics teams participated in the “Ely Experience,” using modern flight test systems to analyze the flight characteristics of the 100-year old design of the 1911 Ely-Curtiss Pusher aircraft. ATR provided recorded video camera footage of target points on the controls and digital data. The data analysis will help develop an interactive “simulator” for the Naval Air Test & Evaluation Museum.

System Improvements/Upgrades

· Range Operations ATR personnel developed the Range Surveillance Vessel Program (RSVP), a system that improves efficiency and significantly enhances safety by increasing situational awareness for range safety vessel crews and coordination with counterparts at the Range Safety console in the ATR Control Center. RSVP allows boat crews to view a computer display from Furuno radar.

· The Westover to Wallops Flight Facility conversion to fiber was completed. Microwave is no longer used operationally and has been left in back-up mode.

· Aircraft Signature & Avionics Measurement (ASAM) ATR installed a new asset for the Advanced Dynamic Measurement System (ADAMS). The 9.1-meter antenna and UHF/ L-band system has an overall frequency range of 350 MHz to 2.6 GHz. ADAMS is using the asset for RCS data collection between the frequencies of 500 MHz and 2 GHz. The Local Emitter System (LES) uses this asset for an additional 7 dB of antenna gain for the current system.

· ADAMS continued to support the ATR Sustainability Office regarding issues related to wind turbine encroachment. ADAMS prepared and briefed turbine impacts to various audiences, including Mr. Sean Stackley, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition (ASN-RDA), the Governor's office on Maryland Energy, and the local NAWCAD command. FY11 efforts also included the initiation of defining portable test turbines for field testing in FY12.

· Tactical Training Ranges (TTR) The Tactical Aircrew Combat Training System (TACTS) was retired at all Navy and Marine aviation TTRs. TACTS was replaced by the Tactical Combat Training System (TCTS).

· ATR personnel directly supported U.S. Air Force standup of P5CTS/TCTS capability at Royal Air Force Lakenheath Air Base, England. Test flights were accomplished with F-15-C/D or F-15E aircraft, and represents initial P5CTS/TCTS fielding in Europe.

· The Large Area Tracking Range (LATR) team successfully fielded expanded TTR Multi-Source System (MSS) capability to import additional range-specific aviation track source data, such as Link 16 and TCTS, into existing training range display systems for awareness and enhanced training range safety.

· The LATR team successfully fielded Ground System v5.4.0 in December 2010. Two major capabilities provided with this release (Link-16 integration; archiving enhancements) were called out specifically as “Top Areas of Success” by VACAPES and SCORE range users during a 2011 LATR project management review with PMA-205.

· Telemetry ATR conducted a C-Band telemetry evaluation using a UH-60 provided by the U.S. Navy Test Pilot School. iNET (integrated Network Enhanced Telemetry) was used to change frequencies in the aircraft during the checkout. This test is in support of RTPS migrating to C-band Telemetry.

· ATR released version 1.0 of the Real-time Telemetry Acquisition System (RTAS) AccuTrack software, developed by Telemetry Systems and GPS software developers. AccuTrack provides a common user interface for remote controlling multiple telemetry assets and offers unique features such as antenna slaving and asset control transfer.

· Personal Computer Debriefing System (PCDS) PCDS is being implemented as the Common Mission Debriefing Solution for the A-10, B-1, B-2, F-15 and F-16 Air Combat Command (ACC). PCDS version 6.1 (F/A-18 only) was released in 2011. Testing was completed at Point Mugu on F/A-18 Upgraded Solid State Recorder (USSR) and Solid State Recorder (SSR) and the version was integrated in F/A-18 Mission Planning Environment (MPE). PCDS was chosen by PMA-299 as the debriefing tool for MH-60R. The PCDS team supported the European Participating Air Forces (EPAF) M6 Early Operational Assessment (EOA) in Portugal in April. In May, the team supported the 2011 NATO Tiger Meet exercise in France, where PCDS was used as the primary playback tool.

Investment & modernization

· Flight Termination System: ATR received an additional $750K in FY11 for a Flight Termination System (FTS) to support off-shore missile shots for F-18 and JSF. The FTS will have the enhanced digital capability that provides an extended degree of communication reliability between the target and ground control. The FTS project should be completed by the end of FY13.

· Wallops Fiber Project: Fiber installation has been completed between Wallops Island and Cambridge on Maryland’s Eastern shore. An environmental package has been submitted to obtain approval to bury the fiber in the Chesapeake Bay between Taylor’s Island on the Eastern shore and the Calvert Beach area in Calvert County. Environmental approval for installation of the bay fiber is still pending. Trenching has started for installation of the fiber between NAS Patuxent River and the Calvert Beach site.

· MIR Modernization: The MIR Modernization Program is nearing completion. The pedestal was refurbished and most of the receiver components were replaced. A new operator console was also developed. Integration and testing of the upgraded capability started in April. The system is nearing its Full Operating Capability (FOC) with some minor technical issues still being resolved. Completion of the project is planned by March of 2012.

· PRISM Improvement: The PRISM Improvement Project has been completed with the delivery of the imaging spectrometer, which provides the ability to identify IR “hot spots” on the platform under test.

· ARDS Service Life Extension: The ARDS Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) replaced many of the obsolete components in the ARDS system. Enhancements to system’s TSPI capabilities were provided with development of an internal package for the F/A-18. The internal package provides approximately half-meter accuracies versus the two-meter accuracies provided by the legacy ARDS system. The ARDS project should be completed by March 2012.

· AD Spectrum Relocation: The AD Spectrum Relocation Project should be completed by April 2012. The project provides major enhancements to ATR’s telemetry data acquisition capability, including the ability to support telemetry operations in C-Band; spatial diversity; best source selection; and remote control of telemetry instrumentation systems.

· Bay Fiber Replacement: The Bay Fiber Replacement Project has two primary tasks: the installation of fiber between ATR and the remote instrumentation sites; and installation and upgrade of the current network capability to support 10 Gigabit. Remote sites include Chesapeake, Bay Forest, Point No Point, Pylon and WFA. All the fiber has been installed except for one segment on the Patuxent River Complex. The project is scheduled to be completed by May 2012.

· RIR-778 Radar SLEP: The RIR-778 SLEP will refurbish Radars 16 and 17 by replacing the obsolete components in the radar, including the optics, receiver and console in the system. Engineering development will be performed in FY12 and FY13. The X-Band radar upgrade should be completed by the end of FY13. The C-Band radar upgrade should be completed in the second quarter of FY14. The RIR-778 SLEP was a new project in FY-12.

· Video Instrumentation: The Video Instrumentation Project will provide HD cameras for the KTM instrumentation mounts and replace the core video routing, editing and display capability. The HD cameras are being purchased in FY12. The core video routing infrastructure will be replaced in FY13 and FY14. The new video infrastructure will support the new digital HD video and high resolution PC graphics formats, which are not supported by the current video infrastructure.

FY10 WORKLOAD

A higher volume of flight testing was experienced in 2010 at ATR is due to the long-anticipated “test flight surge.” With the recent arrival of Major Acquisition Category 1 (ACAT-1) programs like the P-8, F-35 X47-B, and the E-2D aircraft at Patuxent River, ATR has stepped up to meet the challenge of accommodating these test flights. By May 2010, ATR was routinely conducting up to 13 missions on nine distinct aircraft in a single day; in August, ATR supported simultaneous missions using all nine Project Engineer Stations with three F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft performing flight testing at the same time.

The surge of aircraft testing is due largely to the start of flight testing of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, in addition to continuing tests of legacy platforms. On a typical day at ATR with a high-volume flight schedule, tests were being conducted on the F-35B, V-22, E-2D, P-8A, F/A-18, MH-60, VH-3 and CH-53.

ATR routinely supports missions that take place away from the Patuxent River complex with both personnel and mobile equipment. The majority of FY10 remote operations were in support of the P-8A Poseidon Multi-Mission aircraft program at the contractor’s site in Seattle, Wash.; Operation Red Flag at the Pacific Alaska Range Complex (PARC), Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska; V-22 Ship Suitability testing aboard USS Wasp (LDH 1); and Precision Aircraft Landing System (PALS) certification missions aboard various aircraft carriers operating in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

FY10 Scheduled Events/Hours

FY10 Completed Test Event Trends

FY10 Remote Operations

Flight Test Support

During fiscal year 2010, ATR supported a variety of test and evaluation missions, training events and special projects in and around the Patuxent River Complex and special use airspace.

Naval Aviation Enterprise Test Platforms Support Aerostar Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) operated from Webster Field Annex provided video to the ATR Control Center for range clearance, test monitoring and impact identification during Maritime UAS Demonstration & Operations to evaluate AH-1 Cobra 20mm gunfire impact points at Hannibal Target.

AH-1W Cobra – Target Sight System and Evaluation; 20mm Gunfire Testing on Hannibal Target in Chesapeake Test Range air and sea space using Aerostar UAS; Wing Stress Survey with Flares Dispensed to collect flight load survey data on the AH-1W stub wing in various configurations.

CH-53E – GAU-21 .50 Caliber Machine Gun Weapons Integration testing on the CH-53E as part of upgrading from the M2 Weapons System.

BSALTS (Baseline Sea and Land Target Simulator) testing at Webster Field Annex – ATR provided GPS and radar support during data collection flights using the Advanced Tactical Aircraft Protection Systems Program Office (PMA-272)-sponsored BSALTS, a mobile, infrared (IR) -guided missile plume simulator used for evaluating aircraft survivability and airborne infrared countermeasure (IRCM) systems.

E-2D Advanced Hawkeye – Tracking Flights; Ground Loads Evaluations; Electronic Support Measures (ESM) Integration; Shore-based MK-7 and TC-7 Arrested Landings & Catapults; Carrier Suitability Testing; Dynamic Radar Cross-Section (RCS) three-dimensional data – ATR collected data necessary to determine if the Falcon 10 can be used as a target in support of the E-2D program E/A-18G Growler Mission Systems; Electronic Warfare and Emitter Simulation Support; Noise and Vibes Testing; AEA (Airborne Electronic Attack) Missions System Integrated Test and Evaluation; Flight Testing with RTPS and offshore Military Radar Unit (MRU).

F/A-18 – VX-23 GBU Fuze Initiator Testing; Inshore and Offshore FZU-48/61 Safe Separation Testing; Wallops Flight Facility and Offshore Military Radar Unit; MK-7 and TC-7 Arrested Landings & Catapults; Carrier Suitability Testing; In-Shore Supersonic BRU-55 Safe Separation Testing; Ballistics Evaluation of MK-62 and MK-63 Quickstrike Mines; Mixed Stores Separation Evaluation; No Drop Ordnance; Sharp BTID Testing; MJU-57A/B Separation Test; E/F Dual Mid-board CATM-120C Jettison Evaluation; Multifunctional Information Distribution System Joint Tactical Radio System (MIDS JTRS) Performance Evaluation; AEA Mission Systems Integrated Testing; Evaluated ground loads data to support F/A-18A-D fleet clearance for redesigned hardware.

ATR hosted Secretary of the Navy on Earth Day to witness support of the F/A-18 E/F Green Hornet demonstration flight – provided video of the event to remote sites and critical displays of telemetered data allowing engineers to monitor safety of flight and performance measurements.

F-35 Joint Strike Fighter – BF1, the first F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) variant aircraft arrived at NAS Patuxent River, Md., Nov. 15; Three additional aircraft have since arrived from Fort Worth, Texas; First slow landing Feb. 17; First low-speed approach and successful Vertical Take-off and Landing; First Electronic Warfare Flight; Flying Qualities; Loads; Envelope Expansion; Short Take Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) Mode Envelope Expansion; STOVL Load Air Worthiness; Aerial Refueling; Pilot Fam; Flutter; Flying Qualities Regression; Nose Boom Alignment; Offshore Envelope Expansion; Altimeter Testing at Webster Field Annex; Mission Systems Testing .

In preparing for F-35 BF-3, ATR supported the JSF program at Patuxent River and at Edwards Air Force Base with survey data.

The F-35 RCS Day-in-the-Life portion of testing uses the Manned Flight Simulator (MFS) controlled from ATR’s RCS Workstation. MFS sends the aircraft TSPI and telemetry data from ATR’s Project Engineer Station.

ATR successfully acquired, processed and displayed data for the first F-35 aircraft’s arrival at NAS Patuxent River and provided critical displays of telemetered data to allow engineers to monitor safety of flight and performance measurements for the first vertical landing.

Developed onboard systems for the F-35 Cooperative Avionics Test Bed (CATB) to collect, process, record, display and distribute real-time tracking information. The ATR-developed Range Enhanced Data Link System (EDLS) tracking capability is coupled with the Advanced Range Data System (ARDS) to provide accurate TSPI data under highly dynamic vehicle conditions – tracking multiple participants in a large air, land and sea area. ATR provided the EDLS system to each DoD site providing support to the JSF test program.

H-60 Multi-Mission Helicopter – Automatic Radar Periscope Detection and Discrimination (ARPDD); Antenna Pattern; Pre-Planned Product Improvements; Functional Check Flight; Provided video documentation of ground equipment installation process on the MH-60S airframe Provided range resources for acoustics flight testing on the Targeted High Output Responder (THOR) to integrate the hailing device on the SH-60F right-hand pylon.

MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (VTUAV) – Flight test support at Webster Field Annex for Mission Systems and Flying Qualities Testing

P-3 – Antenna Pattern; Product Improvement; Production Lot Acceptance and Developmental Chaff Radar Cross-Section – the first ATR-supported chaff RCS flight test in two years

P-8A Poseidon Multi-Mission Aircraft – T1 arrived at Patuxent River from Seattle on April 10; T2 and T3 followed in June and August; First test flights May 17 at NAS Patuxent River; First flutter test flights May 17; Flying Qualities and Navigation Testing; T1 offshore Test Track Envelope Expansion, Echo Military Radar Unit and Wallops Flight Facility Support Rapid Airborne Mine Clearance System (RAMICS) Sensor Pod Jettison/Safe Separation Testing from the MH-60 aircraft

RQ-4 Global Hawk UAS – Dynamic Cross-Section Survivability Testing

T-45 – Carrier Suitability Testing; MK-7 Arrested Landings; Waveoff/Bolter Performance

UC-12 ASE Integration Evaluation – Patuxent River Infrared Signature Measurements (PRISM) provided Electro Optical/IR support to evaluate the integration of the ASE AN/AAR-47A(V)2 MWS and AN/ALE-47 CMDS

UH-1Y – GAU-21 .50 Caliber Machine Gun Weapons Integration Testing at Hannibal Target UH-60A – JATAS Air Vehicle Survivability Testing at Webster Field Annex for PMA 272 Advanced Tactical Aircraft Protection program office U.S. Naval Test Pilot School – Airspeed Calibrations as part of student curriculum

V-22 – Flying Qualities Testing in support of planned improvements to Navigation and Mission Systems

Other Navy/DoD Programs

Frontier Sentinel (FS) Exercise – Supported the exercise with the ATR-developed SureTrak Maritime Domain Awareness System. The NAVSEA exercise was conducted in Little Creek, Va., to demonstrate/evaluate undersea unmanned vehicles and Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) port clearing exercises. ATR installed radar, Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) and command center display systems to enable surface surveillance of the area during the exercise.

NAVSEA/Dahlgren Air Surveillance – ATR personnel released 13 weather balloons for NAVSEA Dahlgren Weather Service – due to scheduling conflicts, Dahlgren’s personnel were on remote operations and unable to support these balloon releases – one per hour over two days.

U.S. Army Hellfire – Testing at Webster Field Annex using the Transportable Range Operations Center (TROC) and a Mobile Telemetry Antenna – ATR provided space, technical support and telemetry data.

U.S. Army Reserve Landing Craft Unit – Gunfire training at Hannibal Target

VADER (Vehicle and Dismount Exploitation Radar) HRR (High Range Resolution) – Army-sponsored data collection event consisted of numerous range-operated ground vehicles as targets for UAS radar pod using Twin Otter aircraft as surrogate test bed.

Offshore Military Radar Unit (MRU) Evaluation – ATR participated in the MRU evaluation by Fleet Area Control and Surveillance Facility, Virginia Capes (FACSFAC VACAPES).

Commercial, Foreign Military Sales and non-Navy /DoD Programs

Bombardier Challenger 600 – Survivability Testing

Brazilian A-29 – Aircraft completed six degrees of freedom (6DOF) store separations testing successfully with very short notice.

Canadian CP-140 – Electronic Warfare Flight Northrop Grumman BAC1-11 – Electronic Warfare Testing; 162W High Gain Electronic Support Measures (HG ESM) Evaluation – provided range emitter simulation support to Northrop Grumman Corp., for the development of HG ESM of the APG-81 radar installed on the BAC1-11 aircraft; Electronic Signature Measurements Evaluation (Falcon Edge); Moving Target

Singapore S-70B – Torpedo Jettison and Launch; Radar Track-While-Scan Performance Testing – radar demonstration required a fast target boat offshore of Wallops Flight Facility and two RCS target buoys and an RCS target array mounted on a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB), with the aircraft flying at altitudes of 100–300 feet.

SPQ-9B – Instrumentation and data processing for target helicopter in support of SPQ-9B surface ship radar testing at Surface Combat Systems Center (SCSC) Wallops Island, Va.

T-39 Sabreliner Decoy – Dynamic Radar Cross-Section Antenna Pattern testing of towed decoy

U.S. Coast Guard – Small Arms Training at Hannibal Target

Remote Support

E-2D Advanced Hawkeye – GPS support for functional and performance evaluation of Airborne Early Warning Command and Control (AEWC&C) systems in Norfolk, Va.

F-35 JSF Cooperative Avionics Test Bed (CATB) – Supported JSF CATB at Eglin Air Force Base using Mobile Remote Emitter System (MRES).

F-35 JSF Shipboard Testing – Provided mobile telemetry and optical support for F-35 JSF shipboard testing aboard LHD Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship.

Harry S. Truman Group Sail Pre-Deployment Exercise – Provided target support, positioned multiple inflatable SCUD missiles and coastal defense cruise missiles in the Cherry Point/Atlantic Field area.

P-8A Poseidon – ATR personnel provided remote support to the P-8A Poseidon test team at the contractor’s facility, collecting first-flight test data and ground data for structural mode interaction and ground vibration testing.

T-45 Hot Section Reliability Improvement Program (HSRIP) – Provided support aboard the USS Enterprise (CVN 65) in the Atlantic Ocean, using two antennas and a mobile telemetry ground station to acquire and display telemetry from the T-45 for catapults, arrestments, approaches and general flying quality evaluations.

Carrier Suitability/Precision Aircraft Landing System (PALS) Qualifications – Supported PALS qualifications aboard USS Enterprise (CVN 65); USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77); USS Lincoln (CVN 72); USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76).

USS Green Bay – Deployed to provide wind-over-deck measurements to support and verify systems. ATR set up a computer display unit on the foredeck of the USS Green Bay (LPD 20), which received wind speed and direction data from the sonic anemometer mounted on the top of a 30-foot pole located at the bow of the ship.

V-22 Ship Suitability Testing – Eight people deployed onboard USS Wasp (LHD 20) to deliver telemetry and optical support for Envelope Expansion Testing.

NASA Space Shuttle Launches – Two radar subject-matter experts provided support at Kennedy Space Center for shuttle launches STS129, STS130, STS131 and STS132; and non-shuttle missions of NASA ARES 1-X demonstration flight; SpaceX Falcon 9 first launch; Delta II; and Atlas launch events.

Joint Test & Training

Bold Quest 09 (BQ09) – Supported U.S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) BQ09 exercises at Camp Lejeune and Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., conducted with warfighters from the U.S. and 10 allied nations to assess Coalition Combat Identification (CCID) systems. BQ09, a Joint Capability Development Directorate (J8) Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (ACTD), assessed CCID systems during the exercise. More than 800 warfighters, representing all U.S. services and coalition partners from Australia, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom participated in the two-week demonstration.

Bold Quest 10 (BQ10) – Supported USJFCOM BQ10–Norway, where warfighters and analysts from the United States, Norway and the United Kingdom tested U.S. and U.K. CID servers and interfaces in Norway in preparation for Bold Quest 2011, ensuring that Norwegian ground and air forces can communicate with the servers and with each other.

Red Flag–Alaska – Supported U.S. and allied warfighters during three FY10 Red Flag–Alaska exercises at the Pacific Alaska Range Complex (PARC), Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. ATR personnel performed maintenance and alignments on SA-6 radar system and operated electronic warfare systems for Red Flag training missions.

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER & PARTNERSHIPS

The SureTrak Maritime Domain Awareness System has been successfully installed in the African nations of Djibouti, São Tomé-Principe and Nigeria and is ongoing in Kenya. For these Regional Maritime Awareness Capability (RMAC) applications, the SureTrak system was modified so that it would communicate directly with MSSIS (Maritime Safety and Security Information System), a primary Automatic Identification System (AIS) global domain awareness system used by the fleet, especially for elements within AFRICOM. The operations centers in all three African countries continue to detect, track and intercept small vessels involved with smuggling activities.

The SureTrak system is incorporated for local domestic safety and security applications. A license and data exchange Memorandum of Agreement for the installation of a radar and AIS receiver at the Dominion Cove Point Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) facility has been established and the data acquired is transmitted to the LNG facility and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. This data is routed through the SureTrak Data Management Center for monitoring and redistribution to these organizations as well as to other approved security and law enforcement agencies.

ATR continues to support the NASA Debris Radar and Space Shuttle Ascent Debris Radar Working Group with two radar subject-matter experts, including on-site support at Kennedy Space Center for Space Shuttle launches STS129, STS130, STS131 and STS132. On-site support was also provided for non-shuttle missions of NASA ARES 1-X demonstration flight, SpaceX Falcon 9 first launch, Delta II and Atlas launch events. FY11 support will continue with the launch of STS133, STS134 and the possibility of STS135; Expendable Launch Vehicles for Delta IV Heavy; and SpaceX Falcon demonstrations.

The Tactical Combat Training System (TCTS) provides the fleet and PMA-205 with continuous, real-time tracking of air and surface exercise participants. ATR completed TCTS Site Activation Tests (SAT) at MCAS Beaufort, NAS Fallon, NAS Lemoore, MCAS Cherry Point, NAS Oceana, the Yuma/El Centro/Miramar Range Complex and NAS Key West. This effort is funded by PMA-205, with ATR personnel accomplishing test events. TCTS completed NAS Oceana ground system installation and system and subsystem acceptance testing. TCTS replacement of Tactical Airborne Combat Training System (TACTS) is complete.

The Joint Atlantic & Chesapeake Ranges Cooperative (JACRC) is an alliance of DoD test and training ranges and facilities and federal agencies in Maryland, Virginia and Rhode Island. Through a Memorandum of Agreement, JACRC members agree to collaborate in supporting the RDT&E and interoperability requirements of DoD acquisition managers; to support and cooperate in all phases of warfighter readiness training and Joint Forces warfare experimentation. In FY10, ATR leveraged the capabilities of other JACRC members to support ATR customers’ test events at Aberdeen Test Center, Fort A.P. Hill and NASA Wallops Flight Facility. ATR hosted two FY10 JACRC meetings: the JACRC UAS Working Group meeting and JACRC Working Review – where Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) participated for the first time. A JACRC Executive Review was held in January at Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Dam Neck, Va.

ATR is participating in NAWCAD UAS Working Group meetings to discuss UAS operations, processes, procedures, and address UAS airspace integration within the Patuxent River Operations Areas with manned and unmanned aircraft. ATR is working to establish a UAS route between Patuxent River and NSWC Dahlgren for the Aerostar UAS with a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Certificate of Authority (COA). ATR is working with NSWC Dahlgren to provide technical data and documentation to support Naval Facilities (NAVFAC) Washington-sponsored business case analysis for future UAS runway requirements in the Washington area. NSWC Dahlgren identified and documented projected flight hours, manpower and facility requirements, as well as other relevant information for the FY2010–15 and FY2015–25 timeframes. Desired end-state is to gain NAVFAC approval to construct two or more UAS runways on NSWC Dahlgren T&E Ranges.

ATR is working with individuals from Webster Field Annex to supply a new Command and Control for T&E of UAS facility. The facility will house systems to provide situational awareness capabilities for UAS flight test and evaluation. ATR range control systems incorporated at the site include the SureTrak Maritime Domain Awareness System for air surveillance, display and monitoring; video switchers; UHF repeater radio; RTPS antennas and equipment; Advanced Range Operations Network (ARON) connectivity; and communications networks. The facility will support a mini air operations tower under development at the site.

SRC Tech conducted a site survey and discussions with ATR representatives regarding LSTAR radar performance testing, including a site visit to the trailer/pneumatic mast proposed for the test as well as the proposed sites for performance tests – Webster Field Annex Transportable Range Operations Center (TROC) and Patuxent River Sea Site/Automated Communications Test System (ACTS) pad.

ATR has developed and delivered a number of Battlefield Communications Simulation Systems (BCSS), automated Opposition Forces (OPFOR) communications simulators used to support DoD tactical training exercises and funded by the Joint National Training Capability (JNTC). In FY10, JNTC funded $500K in Other Procurement (OP) money, $300K in Operations & Maintenance (O&M) money, and $200K in RDT&E money. This year, BCSS #5, a transit case system, was delivered and installed at the communications transmitter site at Eielson AFB for Red Flag–Alaska. Scripted scenarios were transmitted from the transmitter site and received “loud and clear” 12 miles away at the Red Flag–Alaska control center. This marks the first time that a BCSS system was completely remotely operated. The system will be used in 2011 Red Flag–Alaska exercises.

BCSS #6, a mobile Yukon configuration, completed production and was delivered to the 98th Operational Support Squadron at Nellis AFB. This system will complement BCSS #4, already at Nellis, to provide multiple transmitters during Red Flag Exercises. BCSS #7, a mobile Yukon configuration, is nearly complete. This system will remain at ATR as a test bed and spare asset. BCSS #8 was installed onboard the TSV-1 Prevail training support vessel operated out of Little Creek Joint Expeditionary Base, Va. BCSS #7 and #8 are the first Linux-based systems.

ATR provided logistical (sustainment) support to the previously fielded BCSS systems. These include BCSS #2 (Mobile Range Operations Center) and BCSS #3 (Yukon), assets of Commander, Strike Force Training Atlantic (CSFTL) and BCSS #4 (Yukon), located and operated at Nellis AFB. All fielded systems have been successfully supporting Composite Unit Training Exercises (COMPTUEX), Red Flag Exercises, and Fleet Synthetic Training. BCSS #1 was retrieved from the field, will be refurbished and is scheduled to be delivered to the 28th Operational Support Squadron at Belle Fourche, S.D.

This year, ATR provided a number of upgrades to existing BCSS units. Channel 1 received a new HF tuner and antenna upgrade, and the ComSim Scripting software was upgraded to add multi-site capability and new FSK baud rates. JNTC is expected to provide FY11 OP, O&M, and RDT&E funding to procure BCSS #9, a mobile Yukon system scheduled for Cannon AFB, to refurbish and relocate BCSS#1, to sustain all currently fielded system and to initiate further upgrades.

Technical working group meetings are ongoing with the Hawkeye, Advanced Hawkeye & Greyhound program office (PMA-231) regarding the Canadian ALQ-507 ESM system and the desire to conduct flight testing on the system at ATR. PMA-231 is upgrading the E-2C/D with an ALQ-217 ESM system, which the Canadians are also procuring for an update to the Canadian CP-140 (USN P-3 equivalent). Discussions are ongoing between the program office and the Canada Department of National Defense as to which contractual vehicle/agreement will be used to conduct flight test support.

ATR is continuing efforts through the NAVAIR Sea Range to become the East Coast range for sub-launched Trident flight tests for the Navy’s Strategic Systems Program (SSP).

System Improvements & Upgrades

ATR established a Weather Forecasting Office in FY10, which offers tailored forecasting services in support of range missions, providing information on optimized flying windows and validation for Go/No-Go calls. The team is available for on-the-spot flight weather briefs, DD 175-1 briefs, and specialized weather requests to support test and evaluation flights conducted in the Chesapeake Test Range and Atlantic Warning Area airspace. The Weather Forecasting Office provides increased safety of flight for unique test and evaluation of aircraft and enables projects to efficiently plan for the impacts of weather on test missions.

The Personal Computer Debriefing System (PCDS) supports Air National Guard (ANG) F-16 Block 30 Upgrade at ANG Ranges. The system is being implemented as the Common Mission Debriefing solution for the A-10, B-1, B-2, F-15 and F-16 (Air Combat Command). PCDS version 6.1, which is scheduled for release in spring 2011, includes the requirements gathered from the 2009 PCDS User’s Conference. Some of the new capabilities are IRIG 1553 TSPI playback, National Geospatial Agency (NGA) map import, joint threat emitter data conversion, updated solid state recorder playback (F-18), import of Situational Awareness Data Link (SADL) and Link-16 data, conversion of MetaVR files and various graphical user interface improvements.

ATR deployed the Transportable Range Operations Center (TROC) at Webster Field Annex to support Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) and other RDT&E and training customers. The mobile range capability of the TROC enables ATR to provide remote range operations in support of testing and training at locations across the country. The mobile trailer contains mission command and control, safety oversight and surveillance, and data acquisition systems and equipment that enable it to operate autonomously or while connected to ATR through ARON or other RDT&E networks.

ATR added a new asset to its Advanced Dynamic Measurement System (ADAMS) inventory. Located between the EW compound and the Multiple Instrumentation Radar (MIR) on pedestal 14, the 9.1 meter antenna is the face of a UHF/ L-band system that has an overall frequency range of 350 MHz to 2.5 GHz. ATR will use the asset for radar signature data collection between frequencies of 500 MHz and 2 GHz and antenna gain measurements across the full frequency range. The Local Emitter System (LES) will also use this asset for an additional 7 dB of antenna gain for the current system.

ATR radar signature experts developed tools for wind turbine analysis and shared them with individuals from the NAVAIR Range Complex (NRC) Sustainability Office. This will allow NRC ranges to make informed decisions on evaluating impacts of proposed offshore and terrestrial wind turbines and their impacts to test and evaluation of Navy systems.

ATR is collaborating with NRC’s Air Vehicle Modification & Instrumentation group to develop a more frangible sphere to calibrate ADAMS. A new calibration sphere will decrease the risk to aircraft and life if a collision between the sphere and aircraft were to occur.

To satisfy F-35 JSF program requirements, ATR has fully integrated the Interactive Analysis and Display System (IADS), the primary display and analysis tool for the F-35 program. The system is used at ATR as well as at Edwards AFB and the contractor’s facility in Fort Worth, Texas. Using IADS throughout the flight test process provides a single source for delivery, archiving, visualization and analysis for the high-performance JSF test program.

ATR acquired a number of Telemetry Acquisition System (TAS) units. The mobile systems consist of a pedestal, an antenna and a bore-sight camera. The TAS can be controlled manually or slaved to pointing vectors. The antenna supports data acquisition from dynamic flight profiles, while the bore-sight camera has a 30x zoom to provide the operator and test team with real-time situational awareness.

ATR took delivery of two 106-foot mobile towers purchased to support the TAS-90 pedestals with 4-foot diameter antennas. The mobile towers are designed to support the TAS-90 under winds up to 50 miles per hour while fully extended. The system includes a 106-foot extendable tower, generator, environmentally controlled rack enclosure, fuel tank, cable reel, guide wires to down riggers, a clearance light on top of the tower and a grounding kit.

A new Automatic Laser Tracking System (ALTS) was delivered to the Electro Optical Tracking Systems Section.