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U.S. ARMY ENGAGEMENT SKILLS TRAINER (EST) II

Data Collection and Demonstration Plan

10 April, 2013

Prepared by U.S. Army PEO Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) 12350 Research Parkway Orlando, FL 32826-3276

Systems Engineering Plan, EST II

SEP 12-0004

12 October 2012 ii

Table of Contents

List of Tables

List of Figures

1 Purpose

The purpose of the Engagement Skills Trainer (EST) II Data Collection and Demonstration Plan is to define and outline standard requirements under a competitive acquisition to evaluate risk with contractor’s proposed technical strategy.

The Government will contact Offerors within three weeks of proposal submittal to coordinate the Data Collection and Demonstration event. The Government will conduct the event after all proposals are reviewed. The timeframe will be dependent on the number of offers submitted. The Offeror shall be prepared for a one day (max 7 hour) data collection and demonstration at their facility.

Data Collection and Demonstration Technical Requirements The EST II program provides initial and sustainment weapons training via simulation to the soldier at various training levels. The EST II is a virtual simulator easily configured for multiple scenarios and varying training modes. It uses a collection of terrain, weather, marksmanship target and hostile force models, and serves as a training gate in soldiers’ weapons qualification.

The Government will conduct two events: Ballistics Data Collection (maximum 2 hours) at the offeror facility and a Demonstration (maximum of 4 hours) with a one hour window of opportunity to resolve issues at the offeror facility. During these events, there will be no discussions with government personnel. These events shall all take place on the same day that is coordinated between the offeror and the government PCO.

2 Ballistics Data Collection Offeror shall provide the Government team a one to two page white paper (8.5x11, size 12 font) outlining detailed description of their required setup, tools used in the data collection if not provided by the government, and process for data collection in accordance with (IAW) the section 2 of this document submitted with the proposal. The white paper shall support the Offeror’s proposed physics-based ballistic model, and it shall not be used to augment or modify proposal technical information or discussed at the time of proposals.

During the data collection, the Offeror shall modify input parameters to its physics model to capture and evaluate output data. This data shall be recorded in the “Ballistic Data Collection rev 0” spreadsheet.

Introduction The weapon in Figure 1 illustrates that the bore line and the line of sight are parallel. Gravity causes the bullet to drop. The figure represents ballistic effects.

Figure 1 - Ballistic Effects

This data collection will be used in section M.3.3.5 – Sub Factor 5 – Data Collection and Demonstration.

References

Table 1 - References Required Test Equipment The contractor shall provide the proposed system physics-based ballistic model, subsystem, all other equipment, and software required for the ballistic data collection. This will be documented in the white paper submitted the day of the data collection/demonstration.

Ballistics Data Collection The Government will utilize the white paper to evaluate the Offeror’s physics-based ballistic model and compare the output to ARDEC ballistic data. Data collection shall focus on an M16A4 utilizing M855 rounds.

Output data shall be recorded in the “Ballistic Data Collection rev 0” spreadsheet at an altitude at sea level and a temperature of 70˚F. Initial conditions will be changed as part of the demonstration (For example, temperature could increase or decrease by 38˚F, altitude could increase to 445m, change in wind direction, etc.). The Government will evaluate the flexibility of the proposed physics-based ballistic model in accommodating environmental parameters (such as altitude and temperature), and any coefficients that can be utilized to curve-fit to ARDEC ballistic data. The “Ballistic Data Collection rev 0” spreadsheet will be filled out by the Offeror and submitted to the Government with the proposal. This data shall not augment the proposal submitted. During the Ballistic Data Collection, the contractor shall provide to the Government six additional spreadsheets of data collection. The Government will identify one initial condition to be changed for each spreadsheet.

Support Requirements The Offeror will use their proposed physics-based ballistic model, Marksmanship Trainer, facility, and required personnel for the ballistic data collection.

3 Demonstration Offeror shall provide the Government team a one to two page white paper (8.5x11, size 12 font) outlining detailed description of their required setup, tools used in the demonstration if not provided by the government, and process for the demonstration in accordance with the EST II Data Collection and Demonstration Plan. The white paper shall support the Offeror’s proposed implementation approach and shall not be used to augment or modify proposal technical information. The Offeror shall provide a detailed description of its intended process to conduct a demonstration of its approach for translating physical coordinates to virtual coordinates and proper scaling in terms of Line of Sight (LOS), boreline and trajectory.

Introduction The weapon in Figure 2 illustrates that by raising the bore line above the line of sight, the effects of gravity are compensated for, and the bullet hits all targets near center of mass. The LOS, bore line, and trajectory coincide at 25m, and the LOS and trajectory again coincide at 300m, but the bore line is above the target.

Notionally, the physical bore lines in Figure 2 below must correlate to a virtual bore line as illustrated in Figure 3.

Figure 2 – Ballistic Fly Out

The virtual bore line vector represents the initial conditions for the trajectory into the virtual scene as shown in Figure 3. In order to support precision marksmanship, the visible LOS must correlate to the virtual scene as depicted in Figure 3.

Figure 3 – Notional Virtual Scene Projection

The Government will review the demonstration setup white paper and evaluate through a demonstration, that an M16A4 firing M855 rounds from a fixed location, the LOS and virtual bore line translate (per Figure 3) into the virtual scene correctly. The Offeror shall demonstrate this capability IAW the Data Collection and Demonstration Plan.

Introduction This demonstration will determine if the Offeror’s proposed system can model M855 ammunition to the same ballistic specifications outlined by the U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) to include ballistic fly out, rise and fall of round, dispersion, and accuracy. A simple target model (Figure 5) shall be created by the Offeror and placed in the rendered scene at a range of 100 meters and 300 meters. Shot samples and screen captures will be taken at each of these ranges and degree of fire, which will be used to determine the error from the perceived ballistics of the actual ammunition at each range and degree of fire.

References

Table 13 - References Required Test Equipment

Simulated M16A4

Target (See figure 6)

Table 14 – Required Test Equipment

* Government can provide a simulated M16A4 manufactured by Cubic upon request rather than utilizing Offeror weapon

Figure 4 - Example Government bench rest

Figure 5 - Virtual Target Example

Facility Requirements Testing shall be conducted on level, stable flooring. The testing shall be conducted with sufficient lighting to safely manipulate the test equipment.

Procedure Test Setup The Offeror shall set up and configure the system in accordance with table 15 steps 1-7. Both the Offeror and the Government will verify table 15, Steps 1-11. The table 15 conditions are set prior to initial ballistic sampling and each subsequent ballistic sampling thereafter.

1) System will be configured without recoil for all firing samples

2) System will be configured for remote firing of the weapon large rear sight aperture selected

3) Virtual daylight conditions / clear / 0 MPH winds

4) Cant a.

b. Firing sample 2 - 0 degrees

c. Firing sample 3 – 45 degrees right

5) Ammunition utilized shall be simulated M855

6) 70 degrees Fahrenheit temperature, 1 atmosphere pressure

7) Simulated weapon shall be zeroed at 25m

8) Weapon front sight shall be “whited out” with white-out to contrast from the rear sight for the camera.

9) Simulated weapon shall be mounted in a tripod, leveled with bubble level, and verified with T-Square and mechanical compass. SME will aim weapon first, weapon will then be leveled, aim will be verified, and if changed, re-leveled. Repeat as necessary. Tripod legs shall be fully extended. See Figure 6

10) Height of muzzle center above firing line 38.25” (+/- 1”)

11) Height of target center of mass above virtual ground 38.25”

12) Camera mounted on separate camera tripod within ¼” behind the butt stock of the weapon

Table 15 - Test Setup

Figure 6 - Camera positioned behind the weapon Firing Samples The firing samples will be conducted from angles of forty five (45) degrees-left cant, zero (0) degrees, and forty five (45) degrees-right cant. Three (3) shots are required on each angle of fire for a total of nine (9) shots fired from both the 100 meter and 300 meter distances.

Forty Five (45) Degree – Left Cant, 100 Meter Firing Sample Instructions for sampling

1) Adjust gun vice fixture to required angle

2) Government SME will align sights on center mass of 100m center mass mark (see Figure 7). After alignment, angle will be verified. Re-aim and re-align as required.

3) Capture downrange screen shot from Instructor Operator Station in bitmap format, saved as 45Ldegree_100m_sample1.bmp

4) Take photo of the sight picture/point of aim as seen through the sights of mounted test weapon (see Figure 7)

5) Remote fire weapon. System should display detected point of aim and point of impact (See Figure 8). Take a screen capture showing this data in bitmap format, saved as 45Ldegree_100m_sample1_POAPOI.bmp

6) Repeat steps 3-5 two additional iterations for a total of three (3) shots from the 100 meter range at -45 degrees from vertical firing angle, incrementing bitmap name by sample number

Table 18 - Instructions for Sampling

Figure 7 – Sight Picture Example – Left Cant

Figure 8 - Point of Aim and Point of Impact Example Forty Five (45) Degree – Left Cant, 300 Meter Firing Sample Instructions for sampling

1) Adjust gun vice fixture to required angle

2) Government SME will align sights on center mass of 300m center mass mark (see Figure 9). After alignment, angle will be verified. Re-aim and re-align as required.

3) Capture downrange screen shot from Instructor Operator Station in bitmap format, saved as 45Ldegree_300m_sample1.bmp

4) Take photo of the sight picture/point of aim as seen through the sights of mounted test weapon (see Figure 9)

5) Remote fire weapon. System should display detected point of aim and point of impact (See Figure 8). Take a screen capture showing this data in bitmap format, saved as 45Ldegree_300m_sample1_POAPOI.bmp

6) Repeat steps 3-5 two additional iterations for a total of three (3) shots from the 300 meter range at -45 degrees from vertical firing angle, incrementing bitmap name by sample number

Table 19 - Instructions for Sampling Zero (0) Degree, 100 Meter Firing Sample Instructions for sampling

1) Government SME will align sights on center mass of 100m center mass mark (see Figure 9). After alignment, angle will be verified. Re-aim and re-align as required.

2) Capture downrange screen shot from Instructor Operator Station in bitmap format, saved as 0degree_100m_sample1.bmp

3) Take photo of the sight picture/point of aim as seen through the sights of mounted test weapon (see Figure 9)

4) Remote fire weapon. System should display detected point of aim and point of impact (See Figure 8). Take a screen capture showing this data in bitmap format, saved as 0degree_100m_sample1_POAPOI.bmp

5) Repeat steps 2-4 two additional iterations for a total of three (3) shots from the 100 meter range at zero (0) degree firing angle, incrementing bitmap name by sample number

Table 16 - Instructions for Sampling

Figure 9 - Sight Picture Example

Zero (0) Degree, 300 Meter Firing Sample Instructions for sampling

1) Adjust gun vice fixture to required angle

2) Government SME will align sights on center mass of 300m center mass mark (see Figure 9). After alignment, angle will be verified. Re-aim and re-align as required.

3) Capture downrange screen shot from Instructor Operator Station in bitmap format, saved as 0degree_300m_sample1.bmp

4) Take photo of the sight picture/point of aim as seen through the sights of mounted test weapon (see Figure 9)

5) Remote fire weapon. System should display detected point of aim and point of impact (See Figure 8). Take a screen capture showing this data in bitmap format, saved as 0degree_300m_sample1_POAPOI.bmp

6) Repeat steps 2-4 two additional iterations for a total of three (3) shots from the 300 meter range at zero (0) degree firing angle, incrementing bitmap name by sample number

Table 17 - Instructions for Sampling Forty Five (45) Degree – Right Cant, 100 Meter Firing Sample Instructions for sampling

1) Adjust gun vice fixture to required angle

2) Government SME will align sights on center mass of 100m center mass mark (see Figure 10). After alignment, angle will be verified. Re-aim and re-align as required.

3) Capture downrange screen shot from Instructor Operator Station in bitmap format, saved as 45Rdegree_100m_sample1.bmp

4) Take photo of the sight picture/point of aim as seen through the sights of mounted test weapon (see Figure 10)

5) Remote fire weapon. System should display detected point of aim and point of impact (See Figure 8). Take a screen capture showing this data in bitmap format, saved as 45Rdegree_100m_sample1_POAPOI.bmp

6) Repeat steps 3-5 two additional iterations for a total of three (3) shots from the 100 meter range at +45 degrees from vertical firing angle, incrementing bitmap name by sample number

Table 20 - Instructions for Sampling

Figure 10 - Sight Picture Example – Right Cant

Forty Five (45) Degree – Right Cant, 300 Meter Firing Sample Instructions for sampling

1) Adjust gun vice fixture to required angle

2) Government SME will align sights on center mass of 300m center mass mark (see Figure 10). After alignment, angle will be verified. Re-aim and re-align as required.

3) Capture downrange screen shot from Instructor Operator Station in bitmap format, saved as 45Rdegree_300m_sample1.bmp

4) Take photo of the sight picture/point of aim as seen through the sights of mounted test weapon (see Figure 10)

5) Remote fire weapon. System should display detected point of aim and point of impact (See Figure 8). Take a screen capture showing this data in bitmap format, saved as 45Rdegree_300m_sample1_POAPOI.bmp

6) Repeat steps 3-5 two additional iterations for a total of three (3) shots from the 300 meter range at +45 degrees from vertical firing angle, incrementing bitmap name by sample number

Table 21 - Instructions for Sampling Support Requirements The Offeror will use their proposed physics-based ballistic model, Marksmanship Trainer, facility, and required personnel for the demonstration. The facility will have a flat, solid (non-flexing), level floor to facilitate accurate collection of metrics.

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