Test & Evaluation/Science & Technology Program · 2012-05-23 · Test & Evaluation/Science & Technology Program Test Instrumentation Conference 2012 AIST Overview Briefing 17 May

Test & Evaluation/Science & Technology Program

Test Instrumentation Conference 2012

AIST Overview Briefing

17 May 2012

George Shoemaker, Ph.D.

AIST Executing Agent

Phone: 401-832-5304

Email: [email protected]

DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.

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AIST TTA Overview

AIST will advance the field of device physics by investigating innovative

materials, MEMS sensors, advanced platform-level data management, human

systems integration, range environmental encroachment and novel sensor

packaging technologies to support T&E of warfighting systems

TSPI High accuracy & continuous TSPI for

high speed/high-G & GPS-degraded

environments

Advanced Sensors Non-Intrusive, miniature and

hardened for harsh environments

Non-Intrusive Instrumentation Advanced data acquisition,

processing, mining, & storage

Advanced Energy & Power Next generation hybrid ionic, fuel cell

based & harvesting techniques

Range Environmental

Encroachment Unique test technology of high interest

Human Systems Man-machine interface & cognitive

workload assessment


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Developmental Tests Operational Tests

Live Fire Tests

I. Time, Space, Position Information (TSPI) II. Advanced Sensors III. Advanced Energy & Power Systems IV. Non-Intrusive Instrumentation V. Range Environmental Encroachment VI. Human Systems

Advanced Instrumentation Systems

Technology Mission

Decrease size, weight & power (SWaP) DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.

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AIST Technology

Requirements Overview

Environmental Sensors

Pressure Sensors

Digital Communications Test Data Bus (DCTDB)

Thermal Sensors

Strain Sensors Position Sensors

Supports T&E from the bottom of the sea to the exoatmosphere


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Inertial Doppler Radio Locator

Robust Holographic Optical Memory

Ultra High Dynamics GPS

AIST Process

Non-Lethal Personnel Control

Counter- MADPADS, RAM

Infrastructure

Suppression Counter-Mine/IED

Missile

Defense

T&

E C

apabili

ty

Requirem

ents

M&

S

Syste

m

Test

Fie

ld

Test

Propagation Modeling

Model Validation

Beam Characterization

Target Susceptibility

Interoperability

Energy on Target

Target Response

Near Term Mid Term Far Term

Required S&T

Advanced

Sensors

TSPI

Advanced

Energy & Power

NII T&E/S&T Focus Area and Project Names

FOCUS AREA: NON-INTRUSIVE INSTRUMENTATION (NII) Non intrusive sensors,

data storage, and power

sources to provide

continuous, non-

obtrusive T&E

AMFTI: Advanced Munitions

Flight Test Instrumentation

CHDS: Compact Holographic

Data Storage

DCTDB: Digital

Communications Test Data

Bus

HEDFS: Harsh Environment

D-Fiber Sensors

HMCU: Holographic Memory

Cube Upgrade

HSTD: High Speed and

Temperature Diagnostics

MEMS FO: Microelectro-

mechanical System Fiber

Optic

MSGSA:Multi-species Gas Sensor Array

OBWDC: Onboard Wireless

Data Communications

OMEA: Open Modular

Embedded Architecture

MOPS: MEMS Optical Pressure Sensor

Instrumentation

SPC: Self-Powered Chip

UHDGPS: Ultra High Dynamics GPS

WLPS: Wideband Location

Positioning System

OMEA

DCTDB

HSTD

SPC

OBWDC

WLPS

HEDFS

MEMS FO

HMCU

Synthetic Instrumentation

Low Power Instrumentation

Distributed Autonomous Test Instrumentation Control

Miniaturized Reduced Weight Sensor Instrumentation Packaging

Advanced Data Processing, Mining and Fusion Algorithms

Human Performance instrumentation

Vehicle Power Lines as Data bus Alternative High Density Micro-Power Sources

Non-intrusive Network Interfaces

Techniques for Applying Metadata

Compact High Capacity Data Recorders

Anti-jam Processing Techniques for NII

Tunable MEMS Transceiver

TSPI on a Chip

Electro-Adhesives

System of Systems Data Collection Techniques

Inertial Reference Instrumentation

Energy Harvesting Techniques

Telemetry on a Chip

= Funded Project

= Planned Efforts

FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2014

Data Storage

Sensors

Architecture

Power

TSPI

AMFTI

MOPS

UHDGPS

MSGSA

AIST Roadmap

Advanced Technology

Demonstration Programs

T&E Gaps

High Interest Studies,

(e.g., Next-Gen TSPI)

DoD

Strategic

Plan

AIST WG

Range

Environmental

Encroachment

Human

Systems


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TSPI for Individual Warfighters without GPS

High-Dynamic Conditions – High Dynamic Aircraft

– Small High Dynamic Guided Weapons

– Hypersonic Munitions

Undersea TSPI – Swimmers and Divers

– Non-cooperating Weapons

– Super Cavitating Weapons

Future Technology Opportunities

– Precision Guided Munitions

– Chem/Bio cloud

– Low-Observable

Systems

– Plasma Effects

Advanced TSPI Overview


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• Emerging challenges for Time-Space-

Position Information (TSPI) instrumentation

– Test operations in GPS-blocked environments

(urban, caves, dense foliage, undersea)

– Operation in a tactical GPS-jamming

environment

– Hypersonic vehicles in a

plasma field

– Micro autonomous systems

– Low Observable (LO) Systems

that can not mount external

instrumentation

Advanced Instrumentation Systems Technology Advanced TSPI Operational Constraints


http://www.livingroom.org.au/uavblog/archives/micro_UAV.jpg

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AIST Advanced Sensors Overview

Applications Physical

Transduction

Miniaturization

Electrical

Magnetic

Acoustic

Optical

Chemical

Biologic

Mechanical

Thermal

Knowledge Generation

Measurement

Generation

Integration

SOC

AIST Sensors -Physical phenomenon

-Transduction to signals

-Conversion to data

-Process into information

-Translate into knowledge

- Misc (calibration, reuse, range, ...)

Fabrication

Synthetic Sensors

Data Fusion


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Advanced Sensors Topics

1. Body Armor Blunt Trauma Evaluation

2. Angle of Incidence/Stores Separation Measurements

3. Advanced Optical and Acoustic Instrumentation

4. Station Keeping Buoys for Sea Ranges

5. Warfighter/Weapon Position and Orientation

6. Weapon System Orientation

7. Supercavitating Vehicle Cavity Sensing

8. Non-traditional Sensors

9. Munition/Warhead Characterization Testing


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Advanced Energy & Power Overview

Energy & Power sources are needed to support test and

evaluation of systems of all sizes covering a broad range

of operating environments


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Advanced Power & Energy Topics

1. Energy & Power for Soldier System Instrumentation

2. Energy & Power for Weapon Systems Instrumentation

3. Energy & Power for Military Vehicle Instrumentation

4. Energy & Power for Embedded Sensors


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AIST Non-Intrusive Instrumentation

MEMS Shear

Stress Fiber Optic

Sensor

IEEE 1451 ZigBee™

Wideband

-45

-40

3.1

-50

-55

-60

-65

-70

-75

0.96 1.61

1.99

10.6

UW

B E

IRP

Emis

sion

Lev

el in

dB

m/M

Hz

C Band PRN Spectrum

4.575 MHz Center 915 CHIP

RATE

Frequency in GHz (log scale) 101

100

FCC UWB Outdoor Emission Limit

Massive

Storage

Wireless Comms

Non-Intrusive Instrumentation Data Management Reduced Size, Weight & Power (SWaP)

Microelectronics

Thin-Film Li Ion

“Orange Gear”


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Non-Intrusive Instrumentation Topics

1. Non-Intrusive Instrumentation Data Management

Techniques

2. Decreased Size, Weight and Power (SWaP) of Non-

Intrusive Instrumentation

LiNbO3 Holocube

Micro Sensors

Magnetic Resonance Gyro

Doppler Radar Antenna

Micro UAV


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Advanced Instrumentation Systems Technology

Range Environmental Encroachment

Advanced Marine Mammal Vocalization and Signal

Processing

– Classification to species level

– Algorithms for auto-classification

– Enhanced methods to support testing

The Bahamas Tongue of the

Ocean with AUTEC range

outlined. Stranding locations

of beaked whales are

indicated with red (Zc) and

yellow (Md) dots, larger dots

represent strandings of 2

individuals.

Mysticete Vocalizations

March 15, 2000


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AIST Human Systems Topics

1. Assessing Cognitive State and Measuring Cognitive

Workload

• Electroencephalogram (EEG)

• Functional Near-Infrared (fNIR) Spectroscopy


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AIST Existing Efforts

• Projects – Inertial Doppler Radio Locator (IDRL)

– Robust Holographic Optical Memory (RHOM)

– Advanced Sensor Reversible Attachment Technology (ASRAT)

– Warfighter Inertial Tracking System (WITS)

– Asynchronous Distributed GPS (ASYGPS)

– Ultra High Dynamics GPS Receiver (UHDGPS)

– Marine Mammal Effects from T&E on Ocean Ranges (METEOR)

• Studies

– Emerging Microsystems Technology Transition (EMTT)


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Advanced Instrumentation Systems

Technology Points of Contact

• Executing Agent – George Shoemaker, Ph.D., Naval Undersea Warfare Center, 1176 Howell St,

Bldg 1351, Newport, RI 02841-1708, 401-832-5304,

[email protected]

• Deputy Executing Agent – Mr. Tom Fulton, Naval Undersea Warfare Center, 1176 Howell St, Bldg 1351,

Newport, RI 02841-1708, 401-832-6076, [email protected]


mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

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Description – Validate future GPS TSPI requirements for

new GPS signals, enhanced receiver performance and

performance impact in GPS denied situations

• Analyze architectures for GPS TSPI receiver functions

•Study implications of transitioning the technology to an

Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC)

•Assessment of cost versus TSPI unit capability:

•Technical benefits, Technical risks, Timelines for

development of TSPI GPS ASIC receiver technology

Current Status – Requirements gathering and validation

Transition Partner / Date

TRMC/1st QTR FY13

Start / Finish: Jun 07– Dec 12

Key Future Events / FY12 Plans

15 May 22, 2012: Air & Missile systems

requirements validation meeting, Las

Vegas, NV

July 2012: GPS TSPI Requirements IPR

QinetiQ, Bedford, UK

Domain: Advanced TSPI

Ultra High Dynamics GPS Receiver (UHDGPS)

FY12 Accomplishments

Conducted Post Award Conference (PAC)

Held first requirements validation meeting for

warfighters and low-dynamic ground systems

Transition architecture & performance analysis

Enhanced architecture options for ASIC

transition

Deliverables

Architecture analysis, ASIC transition report and

final project briefing

100 times more capable than current SoA

Performance at 1000g and 8.5 km/sec

3 million search windows at 348 million searches/sec

Fast time to first fix of <0.5 sec

3 Freq

Hybrid

L1, L2, L5


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Developed hardware prototype GPS node with

RF inter-node ranging capabilities/ad hoc

network connectivity

Tested prototype using HIL simulation

Completing hardware/software integration

Demo the proposed technology in a GPS-

degraded area

Deliverables

25 Hardware prototype nodes, software & demo

Description - Develop hardware prototype

GPS node with RF inter-node ranging

capabilities/ad hoc network connectivity:

Develop ASYGPS algorithm in

simulation considering data exchange

among all nodes

Develop simulation environment with

H/W in the loop capability.

Build hardware and evaluate Network

stability, RF channel utilization for

ranging, Resource starvation, Data

latency

Current Status – completing integration

testing


JUTC/4th QTR FY12

Start / Finish: May 10– Aug 12


June-July, 2012: Field Demonstration

Intelligent Automation Inc. (IAI), Rockville, MD


Asynchronous Distributed GPS (ASYGPS)

True position

Estimated Position

Infrastructure

Node

2 satellites


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High-level design of hardware and software

Mitigation of operational challenges

Implement full data processing software

Performance and error modeling

Validation of system performance and component

requirements testing ahead of the PDR

Deliverables

Four prototype WITS units, user manuals and

executable SW. User demo and test report

Description – Develop self-contained, wide-area,

accurate, continuous, and integrate-able TSPI

technology that can operate seamlessly where GPS is

unavailable, such as indoors, urban environments,

underground, etc., as well as outdoors.

• Provide sub-meter geolocation error for greater

that 2 hours.

• Implement distance measuring radio that achieves

1-cm 1-σ boot-to-boot ranging accuracy.

• Implement automated data processing that is

accurate, stable, and power efficient.

Current Status – completing Ph 1 integration testing


JUTC/4th QTR FY13

Start / Finish: Sep 11– Jun 14


Apr 23, 2012: Preliminary Design Review

(PDR)

May 7, 2012: Phase II Decision Meeting

ENSCO, Inc., Springfield, VA


Warfighter Inertial Tracking System (WITS)

Boot-to-Boot Ranging Phase III Configuration

4.3”

3.2”

2.0”

2.4”

0.75”


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Interfaced Doppler FPGA breadboard to

DSP

Completed spiral #2 doppler radar

Developed radio ranging techniques and

base station

Completing Phase II system integration

Deliverables

12 IDRL mobile units ;Four Fixed

Beacons, One base station. User demo and

test report

Description - Develop high precision TSPI RF

ranging capability to operate in complex terrain

with signal blockage and multipath propagation

yielding accuracy of <1 meter

• Use Advanced Doppler velocimeter technology

to demonstrate a producable, low-cost

velocimeter

• Remaining sensors will be COTS

• System must provide 13cm positioning

accuracy in a GPS-challenged environment

Current Status – completing Ph II integration

testing


JUTC/4th QTR FY13

Start / Finish: Jun 10– Jul 13


May 10-24, 2012: Field Demonstration

at Playas, NM

Draper Laboratory, Cambridge, MA


Inertial Doppler Radio Locator (IDRL)

1.25” “

2.“


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Description - Develop film adhesive for use

with electrically releasing (ER) foil patch

exhibiting:

• pressure sensitive (PSA) properties in

uncured state,

• triggered on-demand RT cure

• triggered internal mechanism for active

benign removal from surfaces

Improve service temperature range and

environmental durability

Current Status – completing Ph I adhesive

development and testing


Eglin AFB and ATC/1st QTR FY14

Start / Finish: Aug 11– Aug 14


June 27, 2012: Phase II Decision

Meeting

EIC Laboratories, Norwood, MA

Domain: Advanced Sensors

Advanced Sensor Reversible Attachment Technology (ASRAT)


Developing film adhesive possessing an externally

triggered rapid room temperature cure

Modifying film adhesive to provide immediate tack and

green strength prior to cure

Completed Interim Project Review

Demonstrate benign solvent removal of cured film

adhesive

Deliverables

Easy to use, reversible high strength attachment

suitable for use on wide range of aircraft, vehicles and

substrates. User demo and test report

+_

Power Source

50 volts d.c.

Electrically

Releasing Epoxy

Anodic Metal

Substrate


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Description – Develop inherently robust massive

onboard data storage capability with the following

goals:.

• high capacity (4 TB, near-term; 8 TB, mid-term; 16

TB, long-term),

•I/O speeds (1Gbps near, 3Gbps mid, 10Gbps long-

term)

•low volume and weight (1000 cm3, 2 kg, near; 100

cm3, 500 g, long)

•field environment (-20°C to 1200C, near-term; -

50°C to 350°C, long-term)

•high survivability (35 G, near-term; 50 G, long-term)

Current Status – subsystem simulation & design and

risk mitigation leading to breadboard development

testing


WSMR and Edwards AFB/4th QTR FY14

Start / Finish: Aug 11– Sep 14


May 22, 2012: Risk retirement review meeting

Oct, 2012: RHOM Phase I demo

Physical Optics Corporation, Torrance, CA

Domain: Non-intrusive Instrumentation

Robust Holographic Optical Memory (RHOM)


Denisyuk orthogonality was experimentally

verified thus, holographic pages can be addressed

purely electronically (not optically)

Developed high-density volume-holographic

(polymeric) medium

Major rescaling factors have been identified,

leading to memory capacity of exabyte (1018 B) or

even zettabyte (1021 B).

Design and build bench-level breadboard

Deliverables

Robust, compact RHOM prototype system

demonstrated in a simulated operational (onboard)

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Description – Determine features and establish

statistics for detection and classification of

beaked whale buzz clicks and selected small

delphinid and baleen species

• Develop real-time detection/classification

algorithms that can efficiently monitor 200

hydrophones @ 96 kHz.

• Demonstrate performance in-situ on Navy T&E

ranges

Current Status – Phase I data collection

establishing feature sets and development of

classifiers to support laboratory algorithm testing


Navy Ranges (AUTEC, SCORE, PMRF)/4th QTR

FY14

Start / Finish: Aug 11– Aug 14


9-10 May 22, 2012: Interim Project

Review, SPAWARSYSCOM, San Diego, CA

July 2012: Phase II decision meeting

Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport, RI

Domain: Range Environmental Encroachment

Marine Mammal Effects from T&E on Ocean Ranges (METEOR)


Developed an initial prototype Blainville’s beaked

whale forage/buzz click detector/classifiers

Identifying candidate odontocete & baleen

classifiers/feature sets

Develop candidate classifiers and data sets for

baleen whales

Deliverables

Working real-time classifiers for beaked and

candidate small odontocete and mysticete species

implemented on Navy ranges

Blainville’s Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon densirostris)‏

AUTEC – Tongue of the Ocean


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