Test Planning

Military test require the coordination of system developers and test range authorities to assure successful completion of test requirements. 3D Research assists MDA and its subsidiary organizations in pre-test analysis to assure safe, efficient, and cost-efficient test conduct.

Test Range Feasibility Studies:


3D Research M&S Team Supports Test Feasibility Studies at the following DOD major flight test centers:

  • Vandenberg Air Force Base (30th Space Wing)
  • Kodiak Island, Alaska
  • Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF)
  • Reagan Test Site
  • White Sands Missile Range

Battle Management Laboratory:


3D Research Battle Management Laboratory predicts weapon effects related to fire command/control algorithms for wide area, preferential, and site defense missile systems.

  • Shoot-Look-Shoot Firing Strategy
  • SALVO Engagements
  • Multiple Simultaneous Engagements

 

Environmental Assessment Laboratory:


3D Research Environmental Assessment Laboratory predicts environmental impacts and support supplemental environmental assessments of debris impacting within environmentally protected areas.

  • Fragment Characterization
  • Probability of fires and secondary explosions
  • Wind effects on chemical dispersions

 

Systems Engineering & Requirements Verification:


3D Research Systems Engineering staff provides over 20 years of experience in requirements traceability, verification summary sheet (VSS) processes, and DOORS requirements databases.

 

Flight Test Risk Intercept Mission Planning:


3D Research intercept debris analysis staff provides over 20 years of experience working with missile defense breakup models KIDD, IMPACT, and FASTT:

 

Missile Flight Control Officer (MFCO) Mission Planning:


3D Research Flight Termination Analysis staff provides over 29 years of experience working with missile defense flight termination models WAFT, FTPCPT, and MASTER: