Distributed Real-Time Simulation and Network Monitoring Capability

Technologies Engineering Inc (TEI) has developed a test control suite of software applications for the US Army. This application suite has equipped current users with a means of efficiently and effectively planning, scheduling, verifying, monitoring, and controlling test resources (to include verification of software applications); collecting and logging execution data; and after-action reporting of test execution. All of these functions are currently capabilities provided in both local and distributed test events. The existing application suite lacks the ability to synthesize and visualize the collected data to enable the rapid diagnostic, prognostic and forensic knowledge to be extracted from these multiple distributed data sources. This proposal will research methods and techniques (business rules) and visualization strategies that will provide an efficient and easy way to provide this knowledge to the test officer and those involved in distributed tests and exercises. The extensive capability already in use can be easily interfaced to the proposed components thus providing a resourceful approach to meet all of the Air Force requirements in a very cost effective way. BENEFIT: The concepts explored and developed through this effort will provide a mechanism of sharing real-time test outcomes through each phase of a system or process test. All test centers for all government agencies will have immediate access to information and knowledge about the status of their current testing phase, automatic configuration of test tools/instrumentation, immediate notification/remediation necessary to keep a test on track/schedule, immediate success/failure statistics, event planning and event analysis.