Flight Analysis

11:00 AM – Further Advances in Developing a Unified Post-Flight Analysis System
Dale Jones, Curtiss-Wright

The IADS team has been designing a unified platform for post-test analysis over the past few years. This design aimed to satisfy a set of core requirements that were gathered from meeting with engineering groups throughout the flight test community. The goal was to create a standardized system for post-test analysis from those requirements that could be used by different flight test disciplines across projects. The IADS team has made significant progress implementing these requirements. We have also received valuable feedback from the flight test community on ways to improve the system. This paper will explore some of the challenges encountered using such a system in a real-world environment, as well as some solutions that have been used to overcome these obstacles. Topics will include strategies for interfacing with different data file formats, challenges faced when working with data in the cloud, adding additional flexibility to data analysis, and user-interface improvements.

11:20 AM – WICKED: Digital Interface Control Documents
 Noah Jackowitz, Extreme Digital Development Group Enterprise

Digital interfaces are often defined in text-based documents such as PDF, necessitating time-intensive and error-prone human-in-the-loop transcription for each implementation of the interface. The lack of standardized language between interface control documents (ICDs) inhibits common tooling and multi-system analysis for DoD Large Force Test Events (LFTEs), and the unstructured text definitions are prone to logical, structural, and typographic errors. The 309th Software Engineering Group (SWEG) has developed a human- and machine-readable digital ICD standard which enables unified tools for translation, data management, and analysis of dissimilar digital systems. The format is defined with a descriptive, enforceable, and extensible schema, which guarantees well-formed ICDs, while allowing bespoke application-specific behaviors. Adjacent SWEG-developed tools for parsing PDF formats have extracted over 40 digital ICDs for various DoD systems, generating over 1 million lines of code.

11:40-12:20 – Improving RCC-118 Test Methods for DQE/DQM Based on Industry Day 2 Results
Mark Geoghegan and Sean Wilson, Quasonix

A test event, based on RCC 118 Volume 2 Chapter 11, Test Methods for Assessing Telemetry Receiver Data Quality Metrics, was conducted in October 2024. All six tests including AWGN, step and dwell, ACI, two types of multipath, and resynchronization were performed with receiver equipment from multiple vendors. The lessons learned from conducting these tests provided valuable insight into significantly improving the existing test methods. This paper describes the methods and procedures used for the Industry Day 2 testing, an overview of the results, and proposes changes to the published test methods.

12:20 -12:40 PM – Eglin Range Awareness Display (ERAD)
Hunter Fenton and Kyle Julien, 96^th Range Control Squadron

The Eglin Range Awareness Display (ERAD) delivers a major leap forward in range safety and operational efficiency at Eglin Air Force Base. Replacing a legacy system in service for over 30 years, ERAD provides test engineers, mission directors, aircraft controllers, and range safety officers with enhanced real-time situational awareness during live-fire events. This capability enables faster, more informed decisions that protect personnel, assets, and mission success.ERAD offers an intuitive, comprehensive view of the range environment, streamlining workflows and accelerating decision-making during critical test and evaluation (T&E) events. Its adaptable interface supports faster event setup, better resource allocation, and dynamic mission-time shot corridor adjustments, maximizing the use of valuable range time. The system extends beyond the central control facility, enabling mission safety and control from remote locations and supporting geographically distributed testing—critical for increasingly complex and multi-domain scenarios. This presentation will explore ERAD’s development, architecture, and operational impact, with a focus on its role in enabling upcoming Gulf Range Enhancement (GRE) and Long-Range Kill Chain (LRKC) test events. Attendees will gain insight into how ERAD improves situational awareness, enhances safety, and ensures that Eglin’s range remains ready for the demands of next-generation T&E.