{"id":13338,"date":"2017-09-17T19:36:57","date_gmt":"2017-09-17T19:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2017\/09\/17\/army-looks-toward-realistic-interoperable-test-beds\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:42:10","slug":"army-looks-toward-realistic-interoperable-test-beds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/it-networks\/2017\/09\/17\/army-looks-toward-realistic-interoperable-test-beds\/","title":{"rendered":"Army looks toward realistic, interoperable test beds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the Army moves away from a fragmented approach to development, leaders want to bring multiple systems together. In a perfect world, everything would be interoperable, but to get there, engineers need to start with an interoperable development environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Army does very well in fielding programs on a case-by-case basis, but as it moves toward a system-of-systems construction, it doesn\u2019t have the ability to test in that way,\u201d said Sherri Bystrowski, acting director, Army Common Operating Environment (COE).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new testing methodology known as the Federated Integration Environment, or FIE, aims to close that gap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The initial construct will connect researchers at Aberdeen Proving Ground and the Central Technical Support Facility at Fort Hood, Texas. Plans called for Red Stone Arsenal, Fort Belvoir and the Army Training and Doctrine Command Battle Labs at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to eventually be tied into the system as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The need for shared testing capabilities grows in large measure from the rise of Army\u2019s COE. Army documents describe COE as \u201ca new playbook for how Army IT products are built and deployed,\u201d with the aim being simplification and integration across a range of systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCOE brings systems into a common infrastructure, migrating them from legacy standalone systems into software applications,\u201d Bystrowski said. \u201cIt means reduced training, because every soldier sees the same types of information. It reduces error. It reduces cyber risk.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To reap those benefits, developers of Army systems need to be able to test their capabilities against those of other existing and emerging systems. That\u2019s what FIE aims to enable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are building a virtual testing architecture,\u201d said Scott Newman, program director, Systems Engineering and Integration for the&nbsp;Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center&nbsp;<a>Space and Terrestrial Communications Directorate<\/a>. Within that architecture, developers will be looking to put their tools through the paces in a rigorous way. 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These might include command post logistics systems, fires applications, blue force tracking, chat systems, location tracking, a range of sensor inputs and other diverse mission command systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Within the cyber realm, planners also are concerned about the possibility that test data flowing between geographically disparate military facilities could be vulnerable to interception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To address this, they have employed the Joint Mission Environment Test Capability. This Defense Department-wide capability serves as a tunneling package, allowing system designers to layer multiple levels of security onto their network. \u201cI could run a test that is unclassified and I can run a test that is secret, and I can do that all at the same time,\u201d Newman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once it\u2019s fully operational the new testing environment should help move Army toward its goal of systems that work together seamlessly. \u201cBefore COE the program managers focused on just meeting their individual requirements,\u201d Newman said. \u201cNow that there are interoperability requirements, there is much more collaboration that needs to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The net result should be systems that are not only easier to use, but also more resilient in an increasingly challenged electronic environment. \u201cIf you have everything on one standard, it\u2019s like having a house with just one door,\u201d Bystrowski said. \u201cEveryone knows where the door is and everyone can protect it. 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