Foundation Initiative 2010

The Foundation Initiative 2010 (FI2010) program is a joint, Department of Defense (DoD) project chartered to modernize the nation's test and training ranges by fostering improved interoperability and greater reuse of available resources. FI2010 is sponsored and managed by the Director of the Central Test and Evaluation Investment Program (CTEIP), which is part of the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Test and Evaluation (DOTE-OSD). The ranges and facilities that will benefit from FI2010 include Army, Navy, Air Force, and DoD test centers which comprise the Major Range and Test Facility Base (MRTFB) listed below:

Department of the Army

• Aberdeen Test Center, MD

• Dugway Proving Ground, UT

• High Energy Laser Systems Test Facility, WSMR, NM

• Kwajalein Missile Range, Kwajalein Atoll

• White Sands Missile Range, NM

• Yuma Proving Ground, AZ

Department of the Navy

• Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center, FL/Bahamas

• Naval Air Warfare Center , China Lake, CA

• Naval Air Warfare Center, Patuxent River, MD

• Naval Air Warfare Center, Point Mugu, CA

Department of the Air Force

• 30th Space Wing, Vandenberg AFB, CA

• 45th Space Wing, Patrick AFB, FL

• Air Force Development Test Center, Eglin AFB, FL

• Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards AFB, CA

• Arnold Engineering Development Center, TN

• Nevada Test and Training Range, Nellis AFB, NV

• Utah Test and Training Range, Hill AFB, UT

Joint Activities

• Joint Interoperability Test Command, Ft. Huachuca, AZ

Interoperability is the ability to make multiple electronic systems at geographically separate range locations work together as if they were part of a single system. Reuse is the ability to use the same system for differing tests at varying locations. The major objective of FI2010 to enable future test and training exercises to combine live (real test articles, real range equipment, and real people), virtual (simulations of systems operated by real people), and constructive (simulations of systems and people) elements into a single test or training exercise called the Logical Range Event (LRE). FI2010 has defined an architecture, named the Test and Training Enabling Architecture (TENA), that is capable of integrating some or all of these elements. TENA also defines a Concept of Operations (ConOps) and specifies a group of core capabilities which are necessary make the integration possible including:

• A common communications infrastructure or middleware

• A common object model defining resources and interfaces

• A reusable set of tools and utilities to facilitate creation, management, and analysis of the LRE

Scientific Solutions provides program management and system engineering support to the FI2010 program including requirements definition, process development, and collaboration with range managers, test personnel, and range users. Currently, Scientific Solutions engineers are involved in defining the requirements for TENA tools and utilities, and are contributors to the continued development of the TENA architecture through active participation in the TENA Architecture Management Team (AMT) and Common Test and Training Range Architecture (CTTRA) workshops.

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