A Time for Test and Training Interdependency

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A Time for Test and Training Interdependency?
FRANK C. DIGIOVANNI, Deputy Director, Military
Training and Ranges Office, Deputy Under
Secretary of Defense, Readiness Comm (703)
693-4973
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Test and Training Communities Partnerships

• Test and Training Enabling Architecture (TENA)
• Use of test resources to support Service and JNTC
  training events
• F18 Mine scoring at Patuxent River
• ASW Training at AUTEC
• Engineering support
• Software Support Activities at China Lake
  Patuxent River
• Test developed weapon simulations used in
  training
• Sustainable ranges

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International Test and Evaluation Association
Workshop
Test and Training Partnership and Synergism HQ
USAF Directorate of Operations
Col Fred Pease HQ USAF/XOOA 30 April 1996
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Potential Areas for Partnership

• Explore embedded test and training
  functionality for new and evolving systems such
  as the F-22, JSF and JPATS
• Provide connectivity between virtual and live
  worlds
• Built in ability to collect test and training
  data throughout life of system

• Testers and Trainers need to dialogue earlier
• Test and Evaluation systems could have life
  after test as a training tool
• Potential to simultaneously field combat
  capability along with the ability to effectively
  train with it

• Training community has no ability to train with
  advanced (double digit) ground threats
• Common requirements across test and Services
• Test community investment out in front of
  training communities

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SUMMARY

• Environmental and public relation issues demand
  long range, cohesive, planning for all communities

• Air Force actively looking for opportunities to
  form partnerships between TE and trainers
• New programs, roles, and evolving missions
  provide fertile ground for partnership and
  synergism
• Duplicative assets among the test and training
  communities should be eliminated where possible

• Air Force supports the common use, development
  and interoperability of training and test assets
  where practical

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International Test and Evaluation Association
Workshop
Test and Training Partnership and Synergism HQ
USAF Directorate of Operations
Col Fred Pease HQ USAF/XOOA 30 April 1996
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Question

• Is it time to take
• a different approach
• to Test and Training Synergism?

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YESA Proposed Concept!

• Institute interdependent Test and Training
  approach
• Definition (economic)--People and/or businesses
  depending on or helping each other
• Interdependence is a dynamic of being
  mutually responsible to and sharing a common set
  of principles with others. This concept differs
  distinctly from dependence" in that an
  interdependent relationship implies that all
  participants are emotionally, economically,
  and/or morally independent. Interdependence
  recognizes the goodness that can be achieved by
  being independent while at the same time being
  part of a greater community or society. . .and
  weaves the two concepts together

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Benefits of Approach

• Create interdependent investment strategies that
  reduce unnecessary duplication get us more
  bang for our buck. . .QUICKER
• GIG Community of interest
• Multi-Level Security
• Operating software and communication architecture
• Platform Interfaces
• Economy of Scale savings
• Reduced duplication of effort unit costs
• Common supportability logistics
• Unified voice to Policy Acquisition communities
  for common issues
• Improve responsiveness of major programs such as
  JTRS
• Greater push for embedded Test and Training
  capabilitiesoriented toward acquisition lead
  proponents

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What Can You Do??

• Develop Strategic Plans and Investment Roadmaps
  that leverage the concept of interdependency
• CRIIS presents an excellent opportunity for a
  proof of concept
• Break down test and training stovepipes
• Dialogue develop a mutual understanding of each
  others needs. . .look for opportunities to
  leverage technologies developed independently but
  utilized in an interdependent way

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What Can You Do??

• Standards. . .Standards. . .Standards
• Examine emerging work on semantic ontologies,
  Range Instrumentation Waveform, DARPAs Quint
  Networking Technology (QNT) and Integrated
  Network Enhanced Telemetry (iNET)
• Take calculated programmatic risk
• Eschew the not-invented here syndrome
• Test and field capabilities that optimize both
  technical and human performance aspects in a
  synergistic way

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• Questions

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