ONLINE PROCEEDINGS and PRESENTATIONS from the
2011 ITEA TEST INSTRUMENTATION WORKSHOP CONFERENCE

KEYNOTE ADDRESSES

• Maturing Weapons Systems at AFFTC – Mr. Thomas R. Berard, Executive Director, Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base 
• Distributed Test, JMETC and the Challenges for the Future – Mr. Chip Ferguson, JMETC Program Manager, Test Resource Management Center (TRMC)
• Spectrum Sell Off Activities – Mr. Derrick Hinton, Principal Deputy Director, TRMC
• The Challenges of Integrated Testing and Training at a Live Fire Range – Mr. Jack Benzie, Technical Director, PMRF

TUTORIALS

• Introduction to Aircraft Instrumentation Systems 
• Performance-based Sensor Selection, GI-GO (Garbage In – Garbage Out, OR Good Input – Good Output?) 
• IRIG106-11 Chapter 10 Digital Recording Standard 
• Introduction to Subsystems Testing 
• Introduction to Structures Testing 
• iNET Telemetric Networks   

TECHNICAL SESSIONS

SESSION A.1 – Transducer Workshop Part I
Chair: Mr. Ray Faulstich, CSC

• A New Solid Body Blast Pencil Probe for Free Field Shock Wave Measurement – Mr. Bob Metz, PCB Aersopace & Defense
• Non-Contact Recoil Measurements – Mr. Ken McMullen, U.S. Army, Aberdeen Test Center
• Data Acquisition for Anthropomorphic Dummies – Mr. Ken McMullen, U.S. Army, Aberdeen Test Center
• High Channel Count Data Acquisition for Transducer Applications – Mr. Kevin Wirkus, Cal-Bay

SESSION B.1 – Transducer Workshop Part II

• Analog Noise Documentation and Suppression in Flight and Ground Based Instrumentation Systems – Dr. Patrick Walter, Texas Christian University
• New Flight Test Sensors from Dytran (high temp, low mass, high freq) – Mr. Kevin Westhora, Dytran Instruments

 SESSION C.1 – Transducer Workshop Part III

• Introduction to Piezoelectric Sensors – Mr. Dave Change, Dytran Instruments
• Pyroelectric IR Sensors – Mr. Everett Crisman, Hanscom AFB
• Optimizing DC and Very Low Frequency Acceleration Measurement with a Small Sensor – Mr. Alfred Freire, LM Instrumentation

SESSION A.2 – Aircraft Modification
Chair: Mr. Larry (Joe) Dale, AFFTC Edwards AFB

• Aircraft Modifications at Edwards AFB – Mr. Wayne Hale, AFFTC Edwards AFB
• Air Tevron Three One (VX-31) Flight Test Aircraft Modifications – Mr. Ricky Howell, NAVAIR China Lake, CA
• Lessons Learned While Troubleshooting “Noise” Readings of Small Differential Pressure Measurements in an Aircraft Fuel System – Mr. Mark Heaton, AFFTC Edwards AFB
• Measurement Uncertainty and Why It Is Important to DT&E – Mr. Ben Castillo, AFFTC Edwards AFB

SESSION A.3 – Range Systems
Chair: Mr. Ron Pozmantier, AFFTC Edwards AFB

• Tech Refresh of L & S Band Bore Sight Systems to L, S and C Bands – Mr. Richard Lightner, Mr. Michael Gilbert JT3, LLC AFFTC Edwards AFB
• Range Safety Solution: The Early Tracking System – Mr. Tam Tran, Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF)
• Employing a Common Situational Awareness Display for Multiple Projects and Classifications – Mr. Greg Murguia, Mr. Greg Myers, JT3, LLC AFFTC Edwards AFB

SESSION B.2 – Distributed Test and Training Part I
Chair: Mr. Ryan Norman, Lead Systems Engineer and Arjuna “AJ” Pathmanathan, Deputy Lead Systems Engineer, Joint Mission Environment Test Capability (JMETC), TRMC

• TENA enables interoperability for JMETC – Mr. Gene Hudgins, TRMC
• Mission Operations Control Center – Mr. Jason Bolin, RTC
• Instrumentation Capabilities – Dr. Jeff Fayman, Geodetics
• TENA in a Resource Constrained Environment (T&E S&T Project) – Mr. Tom Treakle, TRCE

SESSION C.2 – Distributed Test and Training Part II

• TENA integration and utilization in White Sands Instrumentation Systems – Mr. Michael Garcia, WSMR
• Net-Enabled Weapon Distributed Test M&S Risk Reduction Capability – Mr. Jason Lucas, Mr. Steve Pearce, 46 Range Group, Eglin AFB
• Application of InterTEC Capabilities in Test and Training Events – Mr. James Ledin, InterTEC

SESSION B.3 – Spectrum Efficiency
Chair: Mr. Tom Young, AFFTC Edwards AFB

• Serially Concatenated CPM-OFDMA Schemes – Ms. Marilynn Wylie, Gem Direct, Org
• Algorithms for a Spectrum Management System – A Tool to Aid Efficient Frequency Planning at Test Ranges – Mr. Phiroz Madon, Ms. Carol Martin; Telcordia Technologies, Inc.
• Multipath Fading Cancellation: Using a Tap Delay to Improve Signal Spectrum – Mr. William Chen, Dr. James Brownlow, Mr. Erich Brownlow, Mr. Jerry Phibbs, Mr. Dave Lane, Mr. Andrew Thornburg, Mr. Jeff Tartaglini; AFFTC Edwards AFB
• Development of the Dynamic Commutation and Decommutation System (DCDS); Optimizing Telemetry Data Transmission – Mr. Mark Wigent, SAIC

SESSION C.3 – Directed Energy – HPM
Chair: Ms. Cyndi Mora, DETEC/SAIC

• Directed Energy Test and Evaluation Capability Project Capabilities Available for Use – Ms. Cyndi Mora, DETEC/SAIC; Mr. Minh Voung, DETEC
• Directed Energy Test Science and Technology Sensor Program – Mr. Jeffrey Schleher, DETEC/SAIC

SESSION D.1 – Statistically Defensible Testing Part I

SESSION E.1 – Statistically Defensible Testing Part II

Mr. Todd Remund and Dr. Arnon Hurwitz, AFFTC Edwards AFB

SESSION D.2 – Data Collection and Transport
Chair: Mr. Brian Duhart, AFFTC Edwards AFB

• Communications and Networking for Highly-Mobile Airborne Telemetry – Mr. Andy Gill, Mr. Erik Perrins, Mr. James P.G. Sterbenz, University of Kansas
• Radiant Mercury Usage at the Nevada Test and Training Range – Mr. Ted Gruber, JT3 / Arcata Associates Inc. Nellis AFB
• Dealing with Processing Multiple Vendor Chapter 10 Files – Mr. Kevin Knudtson, NASA Dryden Edwards AFB

SESSION D.3 – Laboratory Environments for T&E
Chair: Mr. Jim Worden, AFFTC Edwards AFB

• Anechoic Chamber Performance Improvements Using Time Domain Reflectometry – Mrs. Senait Gebredingle, Mr. Steve Louton, Lt Christina Jones, AFFTC Edwards AFB
• OSD Funded & Developed Open Air IRCM Threat Simulators and Methodology – Mr. R. David Hunter, Center for Countermeasures
• Development, Support and Enhancement of the US Army ARDEC Precision Armaments Laboratory – Mr. Michael Brinkmann, Mr. John Trostel, Georgia Tech Research Institute; Mr. Mark Woolley, US Army ARDEC
• Utilization of the AEDC/UTSI J85 Turbine Engine Test Stand in Technology Development and Transition – Mr. Marcus S. Conner, Mr. Gregg R. Beitel, Aerospace Testing Alliance, Arnold AFB; Mr. Maurice M. May, Arnold AFB

SESSION E.2 – Time-Space-Position Information (TSPI)
Chair: Mr. Tim Laffoon, JT3 LLC, AFFTC Edwards AFB

• Advanced Range Data System (ARDS) Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) – “Ensuring GPS Based TSPI Remains A Viable T&E Range Instrumentation Asset” – Mr. Dick Dickson, TYBRIN
• Tri-Service GPS Sustainment Management Office–“Ensuring T&E Ranges Can Meet the GPS Instrumentation Sustainment Challenges of the Future” – Mr. Dick Dickson, TYBRIN
• MLM for Measuring Airborne GPS Accuracy Using Ranging Instruments – Dr. Ted Miller, SAIC

SESSION E.3 – iNET Topics
Chair: Mr. Thomas Grace, NAVAIR

• The Integrated Networked Enhanced Telemetry (iNET) Project: Enhancing Flight Test Instrumentation with Network Technology – Mr. Bruce Lipe, AFFTC Edwards AFB
• RCC to iNET Meta Data Translation – Mr. Timothy Darr, Mr. Ronald Fernandes, Mr. John Hamilton, Knowledge Based Systems, Inc.; Dr. Charles Jones, AFFTC, Edwards AFB

SESSION F.1 – Test and Evaluation (T&E) Improvement Using Statistical Analysis
Chair: David G. Smith, Col. (USAF Ret.)

• Rule Engines for Instrumentation Configuration – Dr. Charles Jones, AFFTC Edwards AFB
• Monte Carlo Based Uncertainty Propagation Analysis with Application to Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Gas Diagnostics – Dr. Bill Phillips, Mr. David Plemmons, Mr. Nick Galyen, Aerospace Test Alliance
• Nuclear Detection Sensor Development – Mr. M.M. Traynor, DHS; J.M. Blackadar, Los Alamos National Laboratory; A.K. Thompson, National Institute of Standards and Technology

SESSION F.2 – Flight Instrumentation
Chair: Mr. Tim Chalfant, AFFTC Edwards AFB

• An Overview of IRIG 106 for Flight Test Instrumentation Applications – Mr. Bob Baggerman, Georgia Tech Research Institute
• Estimating Store 6DOF Trajectories Using Sensor Fusion between Photogrammetry and 6DOF Telemetry – Mr. Ed Forsman, Mr. David Schug; NAVAIR
• Development of a Universal Test Station for Inertial Guidance Instruments – M. Leammukda, C. Robinson, C.S. Draper Laboratory
• Development and Functional Performance of the HFTR 60-2 Flight Termination Receiver – Mr. David Sniffin, Herley

SESSION F.3 – Software Tools for Training, Test and Evaluation
Chair: Mr. Ted Gruber, JT3 / Arcata Associates Inc. Nellis AFB

• Virtual Electronic Combat Training/Testing System – Mr. Kenneth L. Pullen, Georgia Tech Research Institute
• Multifaceted Approach to Situation Awareness Assessment – Dr. Cheryl A. Bolstad, Ms. Haydee M. Cuevas; SA Technologies, Inc.
• Shaped Charge Warhead Jet Characterization and Performance Analysis Tool – Mr. Jason Allen, US Army RDECOM, AMRDEC

SESSION G.1 – Converging Live and Virtual Architectures for Training, Test and Evaluation
Chair: Mr. Mike Berard, AFFTC Edwards AFB

• Common Open Architecture for Test and Training Airborne Instrumentation Packages – Mr. David Rowe, Mr. Rob Scott; Rockwell Collins
• An Intelligent Sensor Network Architecture for Robust and Dynamic Systems-of-Systems Testing – Dr. Howard E. Michel, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth; Babak D. Beheshti, New York Institute of Technology
• Live Virtual Constructive (LVC) Architecture Roadmap (LVCAR)-Implementation Project – Improved Interconnectivity Using Gateways/Bridges – Dr. Gary W Allen, Joint Training Integration and Evaluation Center; Mr. Robert Lutz, Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory

SESSION G.2 – Targeting and Geolocation Accuracy / Electromagnetic Railgun Instrumentation
Chair: Mr. Jim Hughes, AFFTC

• Estimation of Location Error for Synthetic Aperture Radar Targeting Using Parametric, Monte Carlo and Bayesian Techniques – Dr. James Brownlow, Dr. William Kitto, Mr. Todd Remund, Dr. Arnon Hurwitz, Mr. Ron Prosel, AFFTC Edwards AFB
• Characterization and Modeling of Target Coordinate/Elevation Generation Systems – Mr. Jon Hodge, Ms. Elizabeth Johnson, Creech AFB
• Instrumentation Requirements for Electromagnetic Railguns – Mr. Ryan Hoffman, ONR; Mr. Terence Haran, GTRI
• Automated Visual Scoring Algorithm for Assessing Line-of-Sight Gunfire Accuracy – Dr. Chris Weiland, Mr. John Busic, Naval Surface Warfare Center; Dr. Jon Yagla, DTI Associates

SESSION G.3 – Program Management
Chair: Mr. Bruce Lipe, AFFTC Edwards AFB

• Adopting a Holistic Approach to Technical Program Management – Dr. Pat Eigbe, FAA
• Benefits and Challenges of Multidisciplinary Project Teams: “Lessons Learned” for Researchers and Practitioners – Ms. Haydee M. Cuevas, Dr. Cheryl A. Bolstad, SA Technologies; Mr. Peter W. Foltz, Pearson Knowledge Technologies; Mr. Robert Oberbreckling, Perceptive Research; Ms. Noelle LaVoie, Parallel Consulting; Ms. Diane Kuhl Mitchell, U.S. Army Research Laboratory Mr. James Fielder, Ms. Brooke Abounader, U. S. Army Aberdeen Test Center
• Enabling Test and Training Synergies in LVC Environments – Mr. Rafael Vila, TASC