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Testing in a Joint Environment Roadmap
2.3.2.1 OVERVIEW OF FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITY
A persistent, repeatable, operationally realistic networking infrastructure will provide the
ability to create the complex and realistic test environments needed to test in a joint environment.
Figure 6 illustrates the common joint mission infrastructure. The top layer symbolizes the
library of available virtual and constructive representations that, linked together, provide for
generation of the required mission environments. Each additional layer represents a specific
mission environment. Working from a persistent infrastructure of connectivity, common data
exchange middleware, data description standards, common archiving, configuration and
execution tools, test planners will be able to select from the library of virtual and constructive
resources to supplement available live systems. System availability and required fidelity will
determine the appropriate combination of LVC representation. Use of this infrastructure will
permit rapid, facile and cost-efficient creation and execution of tests over a full range of required
test environments.
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Figure 6. Overview of a Joint Mission Infrastructure
Each joint mission environment will resemble a live, real world, single-site range, and will be
configured and managed in a very similar manner. However, this “virtual range” will generally
be distributed both geographically and organizationally to access the resources needed for testing
in the joint environment, as required by relevant joint missions, operational architectures, and
desired system attributes from the CDD and CPD. The components linked via a common
technical framework for a given test event will consist of resources specific to the particular test.
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