PRSRTPRSRT STD USUS POST POSTAGE PAID TULLAHOMA TN Vol. 64, No. 4 Arnold AFB, Tenn. PERMITPERMIT NO. 29 February 20, 2017 Real-Time Test Display System ensures quality data, successful testing By Deidre Ortiz “Also, the knowledge nec- AEDC Public Affairs essary to effectively maintain our legacy displays has become Real-Time Test Display Sys- increasingly difficult to source tem (RealTDS) at AEDC enables from our newer computer sci- the project team and test custom- ence and computer engineering ers to view data in real time. graduates,” he said. Cameron Liner, chief of Test The display software runs in Information Systems Section for a web browser, and a goal of Re- the AEDC Test and Communica- alTDS was making the software tions Branch, stated that obtain- device independent, meaning ing test data quickly is important that it’s not limited to Windows in making sure test projects go but is also executable on Linux, smoothly. Apple and Android devices. “Data acquisition is a criti- “Since web browsing is a de- cal component of what makes vice-independent concept, it was AEDC of such great value to a good match,” Liner said. the U.S. Air Force and our other The AEDC Test Information customers,” he said. “Being able Systems team supporting the to view data in real time is key to RealTDS effort initially ran into ensuring data quality, maintain- challenges with using browser ing safe operations and increas- technology. ing our agility to make course “Although browsers can ef- Chad Dotson, software engineer for the Real-Time Test Display System team at AEDC, works corrections during test.” ficiently stream video, they are with the RealTDS software, which enables the test engineers and test customers to view data Liner added the existing not inherently efficient at up- in real time. Looking on at right is Danna Pemberton, software engineer. (U.S. Air Force photo/ real-time display capabilities at dating many small pieces of Rick Goodfriend) AEDC are based upon old tech- information on a frequent ba- vidual measurements, alarms The real-time browser-based sets are designed to be generic nologies that are increasingly sis, which is what is required and statuses which must be up- nature of RealTDS influenced and functional for the majority difficult to modify as new -re for RealTDS,” explained Liner. dated multiple times per second the toolsets which developers quirements emerge. “There are hundreds of indi- in a given browser window. could use. Many of these tool- See TESTING, page 2 AEDC has new, innovative system for obtaining and analyzing signature data By Deidre Ortiz Instrumentation and Di- hostile fire munitions. worked together and and stored in a common tioned over to the Field AEDC Public Affairs agnostics Development According to Taylor connected to comput- format, and comprehen- Measurement Team in team. Swanson, AEDC aero- ers hosting process- sively analyzed and in- the Space and Missiles Major gains are be- The Joint Standard space engineer with the ing, analysis and data tegrated quickly. JSIS Combined Test Force at ing made in technical in- Instrumentation Suite Analysis and Technology archiving software,” provides this information AEDC. The new test sup- novation at AEDC, one is a new and innovative Branch, creation of this Swanson said. “Signature to develop self-protection port system, which has example being the Joint system for measuring, re- capability involved com- data is now acquired in sensors and to validate been a multi-year project, Standard Instrumentation cording and analyzing ra- bining multiple systems multiple spectral bands, threat signature modeling was first implemented in Suite capability that was diometric signature data together. with higher accuracy and codes.” the fall of 2016 during a recently completed by of man-portable air-de- “JSIS consists of resolution than previous The JSIS has been test at Dugway Proving members of the AEDC fense system missiles and several instruments net- equipment, synchronized successfully transi- Ground in Utah. AEDC Annual Award winners announced During the AEDC Annual Awards Banquet Feb. 3, lead ership recognized military and civilian government award win ners and nominees at the Arnold Lakeside Center. Dr. William Lewis, director of Aviation Development, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center, Redstone Arsenal, was the guest speaker. See annual award winners on page 4. (U.S. Air Force photo/Rick Goodfriend) Westwood Middle School checks out the weather …Page 4 2 • February 20, 2017 TESTING from page 1 of applications, at the cost of performance. Where possible, developers cus- tomized tools or worked around shortcomings; in others, highly performant custom toolsets had to be created.” One of the other re- Arnold Engineering quirements for the design Development Complex of RealTDS was to be An Air Force Test Center able to use it as the dis- Test Complex play package for any data Col. Rodney Todaro acquisition system with- Commander out major modification to RealTDS or the system Jason Austin being used. Chief, “The Data Formatter Public Affairs was the team’s solution to meet this requirement,” Liner said. “The Data Formatter is modified to Cynthia Rivera receive the real-time data General Manager, stream from the data ac- National Aerospace quisition system and then Solutions This team assisted in creating the Real-Time Test Display System software being used at AEDC to allow the translates the data into a test engineers and test customers the ability to view data in real time. RealTDS will provide a lower total High Mach Staff: format understood by Re- cost to the owner for AEDC systems because capabilities developed or maintenance actions performed alTDS. This allows the can be shared across all mission areas at the Complex. The RealTDS software is also device independent Kathy Gattis, capability to be used as and not limited to Windows but is also executable on Linux, Apple and Android devices. Pictured are, start- NAS Executive Editor the display system across ing back row left, Jackson Chandler, Jeff Mann, Mike Bennett, Mike Pepple and Chad Dotson; in front are Raquel March, the base.” Hanh Tran and Danna Pemberton. All are software engineers at AEDC with the exception of Bennett, who is NAS Editor “RealTDS will pro- an architect for the AEDC Test and Communications Branch. (U.S. Air Force photo/Rick Goodfriend) High Mach is published vide a lower total cost tem operations and analy- Paul Wright, an AEDC functionality that we have dination has resulted in a by Lakeway Publishers, Inc. to the owner for AEDC sis staff. RealTDS will aeropropulsion test ana- desired for a long time,” user-friendly system with a private firm in no way con- systems because capabili- improve safety of test lyst who has used Re- he said. “The developers similar functionality to nected with the U.S. Air Force, Arnold Engineering Develop- ties developed or mainte- by standardizing alarm alTDS, said it is a signifi- did an excellent job coor- legacy systems but with ment Complex (AEDC) or nance actions performed sounds and visual feed- cant upgrade from what dinating with the end us- several added features National Aerospace Solutions are shared across all mis- back across the complex was previously available. ers to obtain requirements that aid in efficiency and (NAS), under exclusive written sion areas,” he said. “The and allow for flexible “Even though it is still for the system and to un- usability. 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