Test & Evaluation

Our team delivers comprehensive test and evaluation capabilities, supporting the full lifecycle of defense systems from development through deployment.

This includes hardware prototyping and testing, technical intelligence analysis, hardware-in-the-loop, open-air range test and evaluation and compliance support — across radar systems, foreign threat systems and unmanned systems. 

Hardware Prototyping & Testing

Capabilities
  • Sensor system design, development and implementation
  • Concept development and evaluation
  • Data collection sensors and environmental verification
  • Real-time embedded systems design and development, including hard real-time software and firmware implementation and testing
  • RF printed circuit board design, layout and testing
  • State-of-the-art digital array radars
  • Test planning, predictions and preparations
  • Test execution and real-time data collection
  • Quick-look tool development and data analysis
  • Sensor performance validation and post-test reconstructions

Scientific & Technical Intelligence Analysis

Capabilities
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  • All-source intelligence data analysis of foreign radar, missile seekers and other sensor technologies
  • Significant expertise in integrated technical evaluation and analysis of multiple sources (ITEAMS) projects to characterize the capabilities, vulnerabilities and limitations of foreign air and missile defense threats
  • Software reverse-engineering and analysis
  • Detailed standalone sensor modeling and simulation to supplement system assessment and reporting
  • Comprehensive analysis of all major sensor subsystems: antenna, transmitter, receiver/signal processor, detection and tracking algorithms, operator displays and controls

Hardware in the Loop

Capabilities
  • Mixed-signal hardware design and development for RF hardware-in-the-loop testing of advanced threat systems
  • Hard real-time HWIL integration with test and evaluation countermeasures equipment to evaluate electronic attack performance against assessed electronic protection
  • Real-time operating system integration and optimization
  • Hardware and firmware design supporting advanced waveform generation, digital down-conversion, high-speed signal sampling and FFT-based matched filter processing

Installed System Test Facility & Open-Air Range Support

Capabilities
  • HWIL extension supporting closed-loop integration and test within ISTF and other anechoic facilities
  • Integration of models with real-time open-air range assets
  • Range interface development to ingest real-time platform time space position information
  • Subscale radar prototype integration and testing supporting both anechoic and range test applications

Open Standards, Review & Compliance Testing

Capabilities
  • Development, review and implementation of Modular Open Standards Approach (MOSA) reference architectures, formal standards boards and standards bodies in the unmanned systems and sensors domain
  • Expertise in sensor standards such as NGA Motion Imagery Standards Board (MISB), video compression standards, DoD/NATO standards for still imagery and other sensor modalities