Robust Complex Systems

Developing network-Centric C4ISR systems are composed of robust complex software that creates a dynamic reconfigurable virtual peer-to-peer network. The complexity of these software intensive systems is difficult to test and verify due to their ability to evolve, organize and optimize themselves overtime. GBL Systems Corporation proposes to address this issue by developing the Real-time Automated Test Environment (RATE) system. The focus of research for RATE is to: develop a test methodology and test architecture that will be scalable across multiple test echelons (i.e. Subsystem, System, System of Systems (SoS)); automate the generation of test cases; and improve the automation of executing test cases where software components can be distributed and dynamically reconfigurable. At the SoS level the RATE system test architecture shall leverage the InterTEC Central T&E Investment Program (CTEIP) OSD program to facilitate the automation of SoS test cases. InterTEC is an integrated suite of test tools for scaleable, extensible, and operationally relevant interoperability test, evaluation, and certification of National Security Systems (e.g. Link 16, Link 11 and IBS). Automating testing provided by RATE allows for development of a cost effective repeatable regression test environment that quickly ensures that add-on capabilities do not affect baseline functionality.