GROWTH FACTOR GENE THERAPY FOR WOUND HEALING

Not Available With the high cost and limited flexibility of testing weapon systems in an actual operational (flight, etc.) environment, there are many cost and technical benefits to be obtained by conducting preliminary testing and debugging of newly integrated or modified systems in ground based Installed System Test Facilities (ISTFs). Operation of weapon systems in these facilities is also of interest for ground based battle simulation as part of a larger simulation scenario. One area of particular interest that is not currently accommodated is the ability to inject targeting data from an external source (C3 or mission planning system) into a weapons platform in an ISTF for use in testing weapon targeting functionality as part of a coordinated operational scenario. The effort proposed here would survey external targeting data sources, establish requirements for a targeting data link simulation system to appropriately inject the externally generated data into weapon platforms under test, define a prototype system implementation, and recommend a follow-up program for development and testing of the prototype system. Adaptations of the basic system for similar commercial applications will also be addressed.