Outcomes from the Secure LVC Advanced Training Environment Technology Demonstration
(Room S320GH)
29 Nov 18
8:30 AM
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10:00 AM
Speaker(s):
Robert Lechner, Chief Engineer, Advanced Learning, The Boeing Company; Lance Call, Senior Engineer, L3 Technologies; John White, SLATE Ops Lead and Senior Subject Matter Expert, Rickard Consulting Group; Wink Bennett, Airman Systems Directorate, Warfighter Readiness Research Division; John Noah, Program Manager for the Advanced Technology Demonstration and USAF Program Lead, Warfighter Readiness Research Division, Air Force Research Laboratory; Thomas Weaver, Navy SLATE Program Lead, Naval Air Systems Command; Ahmad Glover, President and Chief Executive Officer, G38 Consulting LLC; Robert Pescatore, Program Director Air Ranges, Cubic Global Defense
The Secure LVC Advanced Training Environment (SLATE) is an Air Force Advanced Technology Demonstration accomplished in partnership with the U.S. Navy. The Special Event will focus on outcomes from the recently completed demonstration that occurred in three phases over the summer and early fall of 2018. The SLATE effort was composed of six major areas of work, called “pillars”. The first pillar involves the creation and validation of an enhanced range infrastructure, data specifications and systems interfaces. The second pillar involves the creation and evaluation of methods and technology to ensure that multiple, independent channels of secure data representing different classification levels can pass securely and cleanly in real time. The third pillar involves evaluating large data throughput amongst the multiple security levels, a frequency friendly, pod form factor radio and a high capacity waveform created for the effort. The fourth pillar involves creating and flying a “pod form factor” to facilitate seamless L, V and C data to move between the aircraft and the ground in real time. The fifth pillar involves modification to aircraft operational code and a specialized sensor processor that enable on-board sensors and other systems to recognize and manipulate V and C data in real time. The sixth pillar involves assessing the impact of the integration and flight testing of the other five areas and technologies on readiness training and assessments of the operational value of the SLATE as a training capability. Each of the presentations will describe the critical aspects of their pillar work towards the successful integration and completion of the effort. The descriptions will detail advances and outcomes from both engineering and modeling and simulation perspectives. Lessons learned will be highlighted in each presentation. Finally, we will describe continued gaps in technology and policy to fully realize secure and interoperable LVC in the tactical air communities