JTCTS Mobile Configuration

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Joint Test and Training Capability Assessment
Project Briefing
for the Simulation
Interoperability Workshop 17 March 1999
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Overview

• What is JTTCA?
• Hows the JTTCA Project Being Done?
• Project Objectives/Requirements
• Assessment Exercise
• JTTCA FEDEP
• Federate Descriptions

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What Is JTTCA?

• JTTCA is an OSD-sponsored Central TE Investment
  Program (CTEIP) technology assessment project
  that evaluates using the Joint Tactical Combat
  Training System (JTCTS) as an HLA-compliant Open
  Air TE Range Instrumentation Resource
• JTTCA will advance the efforts of Foundation
  Initiative 2010 through close coordination and
  cross-fertilization of ideas and products
• JTTCA will enable JTCTS to serve as a TE
  component in a Test and Training Partnership
  Exercise

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Hows JTTCA Being Done?

• JTCTS equipment will be installed at the Atlantic
  Test Range (ATR), Naval Air Warfare Center
  Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, MD for
  assessment
• Equipment will be known as the JTTCA Core
• JTTCA Core will be integrated with ATR systems
  and ACETEF, using HLA, to form the JTTCA
  Federation
• Assessment testing will leverage JTCTS testing
  conducted at Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft
  Division, Patuxent River, MD
• The DMSO Federation Development and Execution
  Process Model (FEDEP Version 1.3) will be used
  for guidelines to develop and execute the JTTCA
  Federation
• Federation Execution will be accomplished by
  conducting a TE/training exercise using the
  JTTCA Federation

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OSD Project Objectives/Sponsor Requirements

• Sponsor (OSD) and TE community needs, objectives
  and requirements are documented in the Sponsor
  Needs Statement. Synopsis of needs/objectives
• Assess JTCTS for TE suitability (report out)
• Build an HLA Federation which includes JTCTS
  components and legacy open-air test range
  systems
• Investigate JTCTS architecture enhancements for
  TE
• Meet TE range community objectives

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Assessment Exercise (Checkout Phase)
Live F/A-18 Shooter with JTCTS AISI and RAJPO pod
Emitter Illumination
JTCTS AISI
RAJPO POD

• Downlink
• TSPI
• Missile Pickle

• Downlink
• TSPI

ACETEF
Generic Emitter
ATR
Generic Emitter Control Simulated HARM
Missile Launch/Flyout
RAJPO GPS
JTTCA Core
RCCS II
Simulated Warfare Environment Generator (SWEG)
HLA Interface
HLA I/F
HLA I/F
HLA I/F
HLA I/F
HLA Network PAX RIVER FIBER BACKBONE (AIC) and
Ethernet
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Assessment Exercise (Test Phase)
Live F/A-18 Shooter with JTCTS AISI and RAJPO pod
Simulated AISI Threat Environment
JTCTS AISI
RAJPO POD

• Downlink
• TSPI
• Missile Pickle
• Exercise Data

• Uplink
• Generic Emitter
• Data

• Downlink
• TSPI

ACETEF
ATR
Generic Emitter Harm Missile Launch/Flyout
RAJPO GPS
JTTCA Core
RCCS II
Simulated Warfare Environment Generator (SWEG)
HLA Interface
HLA I/F
HLA I/F
HLA I/F
HLA Network PAX RIVER FIBER BACKBONE (AIC) and
Ethernet
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Assessment Exercise Scenario
Search
Search
IP
IP
Acquisition
Tracking
Tracking
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JTTCA Federation
Generic Emitter
ACETEF
JTTCA CORE
RAJPO
RCCS II
HLA
HLA
HLA
HLA
HLA
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JTTCA Interactions
Federation Interactions (preliminary)
Federates
Objects JTCTS Aircraft TSPI RAJPO Aircraft
TSPI Missile TSPI Emitter Location Emitter
Mode Control Missile Pickle Missile
Performance Federate Health Status Execution
Control
JCF ACETEF RCCS II RAJPO Generic
Emitter P S S --- --- --- S S P --- --- P S
--- --- S P S --- --- S P S --- S P S S ---
--- --- P S --- --- P P S P P S S P S S
P publishes S subscribes
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JTTCA Core Federate (JCF)

• JCF components
• Joint Tactical Combat Training System (JTCTS)
• HLA Interface
• JCF roles in Federation
• Collect F/A-18 Time-Space-Position Information
  (TSPI) and event data
• Publish TSPI of the F/A-18
• Publish missile pickle from the F/A-18 (via
  MIL-STD-1553B bus interface) to initiate HARM
  simulation in the SWEG (ACETEF)
• Stimulate F/A-18 (in second test)
• Subscribe to emitter mode control and location
  from ACETEF to generate RWR indication (via
  MIL-STD-1553B bus interface) onboard F/A-18
• Publish federate health status

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JTTCA Ground System Hardware Block Diagram
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Key JTCTS CSCI Data Paths
Aircraft Interface
JTTCA Core
Aircraft
UI
SC
SC
AS
DATALINK
CC
CC
HI
HLA LAN
GP
EM
EM
JTTCA CSCI Definition AS - Aircraft Sim/Stim CC-
Communications Control GP - GPS SC - Scenario
Control EM - Entity Management UI - User
Interface HI - HLA Interface
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JCF HLA Interface Capabilities

• JTCTS Interface (JI)
• Convert JTCTS data
• Convert HLA data
• Support monitor and test
• RTI Interface (RI)
• Support RTI protocols
• Perform operator commands
• Support monitor and test
• RTI GFS
• Enforce HLA protocols
• Control data flows
• LAN Interface (LI)
• Support LAN protocols
• Support monitor and test

• Operator Interface (OI)
• Initialization
• Command BIT
• Command Tests
• Display Activity/Results
• Control RTI
• Monitor and Test (MT)
• Perform BIT
• Perform commanded tests
• Monitor performance
• Collect performance data

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SBC RTI Requirements

• Single Board Computer (SBC) Requirements
• VME backplane to match JTCTS
• Ethernet for LAN federate connectivity
• Monitor/Keyboard/Mouse for operator interface
• Support operating system (OS)
• RTI Requirements
• HLA Certified
• Match version used by all federates
• Match SW language of SBC
• Match SBC OS

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ACETEF Federate

• Federate roles in Federation
• Generate threat environment, publishing the
  position state of the emitter
• Note In exercise checkout, this information
  controls the live simulated generic emitter. In
  final test, this information is used by JTCTS to
  stimulate the RWR digitally
• Simulate Weapon
• Subscribe to the missile pickle signal from the
  aircraft (via JTTCA Core)
• Subscribe to aircraft TSPI from JTTCA Core
  (primary TSPI)
• Subscribe to aircraft TSPI from RAJPO (backup
  TSPI)
• Publish missile object and flyout data
• Publish federate health status
• Analysis data
• Message and SWEG log files.

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ACETEF Federate
ACETEFJTTCA Project Hardware Configuration
ACETEF
Q SGI Onyx
LANE -LAN Emulation
ATM OC-3
Ethernet
AIC
ASX- 1000
Origin 200
10Mbs
155 Mbs
SWEG HLA Interface Logger
OC-12
ATR
Ethernet
ASX- 1000
ATM OC-3
Power Hub 7000
155 Mbs
JTTCA Core
Generic Emitter
RCCS II
RAJPO
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RCCS II Federate

• Federate roles in Federation
• Display federation scenarios critical data on a
  map of the scenario location real-time
• current positions and alive/dead status of all
  aircraft, missiles, and emitters used in the
  scenario
• current active modes of each emitter
• real-time track paths of all aircraft and
  missiles
• Subscribe to JTCTS TSPI, RAJPO TSPI, Missile
  TSPI, Emitter Location
• Subscribe to Emitter Mode Control
• Subscribe to Missile Pickle and Missile
  Performance
• Display overall health for all federates
• Subscribe to Federate Health Status
• Command all federates to start stop activities
  at beginning end of exercise

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RCCS II (contd)

• Technical Description

RCCS II SGI Challenge IRIX 5.3
DTC Ethernet
CCS Messages
Gateway PC -- NT 4.0
SMOC
FEDEX
FEDEX
HLA Network
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RAJPO Federate

• Federate roles in Federation
• Collect F/A-18 ground truth GPS TSPI from pod
  on aircraft
• Publish GPS TSPI for post-exercise comparison
  with JTCTS-derived TSPI
• ECEF position (x, y, z)
• ECEF velocity (x-velocity, y-velocity,
  z-velocity)
• ECEF acceleration (x-acceleration,
  y-acceleration, z-acceleration)
• Pitch, roll, heading (psi, theta, phi)
• Pitch, roll, heading rate (x-angular velocity,
  y-angular velocity, z-angular velocity)
• Publish federate health status

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RAJPO (contd)

• Technical Description

MRGS
Data Link Controller VI604 Power PC -- VxWorks
Data Link Processor VI604 Power PC -- VxWorks
TSPI Ethernet (UDP Packets)
Host Range Interface Messages
SMOC
Gateway PC -- NT 4.0
FEDEX
HLA Network
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Generic Emitter Federate

• Federate roles in Federation
• Stimulate F/A-18 (Checkout Phase only)
• Subscribe to emitter mode control and respond by
  turning on or off predefined modes of a live
  emitter at Point Lookout, Maryland
• Early Warning Radar Search Mode On/Off
• Acquisition Mode On/Off
• Track Mode On/Off
• Guidance Mode On/Off
• Publish federate health status

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Generic Emitter Federate (contd)

• Technical Description

Point Lookout
Low-level RF to TWTAs
DIS Messages
Fiber Optic
IEEE-488
MAPS
T1 Comms
ATR
Remote EW VAX Workstation
CEESIM Ethernet
DIS Messages
SDLC
Data Buffer
TSPI Sources

Radar 17
Radar 16
Radar 15
MIR
GPS
HLA Network
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Custom HLA Gateway Software
SMOC Protocol Manager
DIS Formatted Message Table
Host Range Interface Message Manager
JTTCA FOM Manager
CCS Manager
DIS Manager
SMOC Unique DT.DAT File per federate
FEDEX Common RTI Data (RID) File per federate
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JTTCA Point of Contact
Michael L. Payne, JTTCA Project Director Naval
Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Bldg. 1582,
Unit 1 25580 Cedar Point Rd. Patuxent River, MD
20670 Tel. [phone], Fax [phone] DSN
342-1182 e-mail payneml_at_navair.navy.mil