Twenty years of hardware-in-the-loop simulation at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida: lessons learned

Marion S. Skalka; William L. Gash; Robert Lee Murrer Jr.; Richard A. Woodard

doi:10.1117/12.241114

24 May 1996 Twenty years of hardware-in-the-loop simulation at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida: lessons learned

Marion S. Skalka, William L. Gash, Robert Lee Murrer Jr., Richard A. Woodard

Proceedings Volume 2741, Technologies for Synthetic Environments: Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.241114
Event: Aerospace/Defense Sensing and Controls, 1996, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

During the past two to three decades, weapon systems have become so complex, sophisticated and costly, that traditional flight test methods have become inadequate as a means to provide a true measure of a systems performance capabilities or limitations. Non-destructive laboratory simulation, utilizing actual flight hardware as an integral part of the simulator test configuration, has evolved into a very practical and cost-effective method for evaluating weapon systems performance. The challenge faced by simulation engineers is how to plan for, provide and maintain simulator capabilities and fidelity which are a step ahead of the test article technology. This paper attempts to list and describe some of the lessons learned in developing, upgrading and operating hardware-in-the-loop simulator facilities used for simulation testing of weapon systems at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.

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Marion S. Skalka, William L. Gash, Robert Lee Murrer Jr., and Richard A. Woodard "Twenty years of hardware-in-the-loop simulation at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida: lessons learned", Proc. SPIE 2741, Technologies for Synthetic Environments: Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing, (24 May 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.241114

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