COMPUTER SOFTWARE facilities
5 facilities across 1 states
Armament Software Engineering Center
Picatinny Arsenal, NJ
The Armament SEC applies requirements definition analysis, architectural design, systems software design and analysis, software engineering and integration, software verification testing, software fielding, software acquisition support, configuration management, and process assurance towards weapons and munitions, training devices, chemical/biological detectors. The M109A6 self-propelled howitzer " Paladin Automatic Fire Control System, Paladin AFCS PC-Based Trainer, the Mortar Fire Control System (MFCS), the Lightweight Handheld Mortar Ballistic Computer (LHMBC) and the M1A1 Abrams Ballistic Computer are among some of the software intensive systems that the Armament SEC has recently developed or updated and fielded. Additional software development and acquisition support programs of the Armament SEC include the M777A1 Towed Artillery Digitization, America's Army " the official game of the US Army, Multi-purpose Integrated Chemical Agent Detector (MICAD), SPIDER Networked Munition, Excalibur, Precision Guided Mortar Munitions (PGMM), and Intelligent Munitions System (IMS). When systems are no longer in production, the Armament SEC supplies Post Production Software Support (PPSS) services to maintain the software and software baseline for the Army.
Combat Vehicle Diagnostics/Prognostics Laboratory
Picatinny Arsenal, NJ
ARDEC maintains a full-range Diagnostics/Prognostics Laboratory for the research, development, testing and support of Embedded Diagnostics/Prognostics, Built-In Test, At-System Diagnostics, Software Downloaders (also known as Software Loader/Verifiers), Automated Software Testing and System Emulators. The lab is equipped with full diagnostics development environments for supported weapon systems, consisting of actual system hardware and subsystem emulators. Our facility is also equipped with all At-System ATE (Automated Test Equipment) required to support our customers, including the IFTE Soldier's Portable On-System Repair Tool (SPORT) and Maintenance Support Device (MSD) utilized by the Army and the Panasonic ToughBook utilized by the Marines. The laboratory staff consists of engineers, scientists, technicians and contractors specializing in Diagnostics, Software Downloaders and Automated Software Testing. Some of the systems supported include the Paladin M109A6 Self-Propelled Howitzer, M777 Lightweight Towed Howitzer, Mortar Fire Control System (used on M1064 and Stryker), Crew Remote Operated Weapon Station (CROWS), and the IPADS inertial navigation system.
Lightweight 155mm Software Support Lab
Picatinny Arsenal, NJ
The TAD Software Support Environment (SSE) occupies 600 square-feet. It contains the hardware and software tools required to support the Light Weight 155mm M777A2 Digital Fire Control System (DFCS) operational software, which includes integration testing and software formal qualification testing. The DFCS SSE consists of 3 complete DFCS test environments, 1 level A test environment and 6 DFCS simulators where each environment can support testing individually or combined together as an 9-gun firing unit configuration to perform mutli-gun testing. Additionally, Gun 1008, equipped with the DFCS, can be added as an additional station by relocating the tethered Chief of Section Display into the lab. The TAD SSE is also equipped with outdoor radio antennas mounted on the building's rooftop that facilitate communicating with the M777A2 throughout the arsenal area to support navigation testing. A rooftop mounted GPS antenna provides GPS signal that is networked and re-radiated through out the laboratory, thus eliminating multiple GPS antennas and providing GPS signal in the laboratories and highbay area. Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) are connected to over 8 PC based test equipment in the test environment. The UPS conditions power and prevents the potential loss of data during testing.
Paladin Software Support Lab
Picatinny Arsenal, NJ
The Paladin Software Support Environment (SSE) occupies 2,241 square-feet. It contains the hardware and software tools required to support the Paladin Automatic Fire Control System (AFCS) operational software, which includes software engineering, integration and software qualification testing. The Paladin SSE consists of 8 complete Paladin test environments, where each environment can support testing individually or combined together as an 8 gun battery configuration to perform mutli-guns testing. Additionally, the Paladin SSE contains 4 of the AFCS PC-Trainers. The SSE incorporates the tactical command, control and communications systems, e.g., AFATDS and DMD to replicate field communications and operations, as well as emulations for the inertial and servo systems to provide realistic representations of the entire weapon. The Paladin SSE is also equipped with outdoor radio antennas mounted on the building's rooftop which are capable of communicating with the Paladin howitzer through out the arsenal area and supports the actual vehicle movement testing. An outside GPS antenna is being connected and the signal is being re-radiated through out the laboratory, thus eliminating multiple GPS antennas and providing GPS signal in the laboratories and highbay area. Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) are connected to over 70 PC based test equipment in the test environment. The UPS will prevent any power glitches from effecting our lab equipment and the potential lose of data during testing.
Software Engineering Laboratory
Picatinny Arsenal, NJ
The lab is comprised of five Dell PC workstations, two Panasonic Toughbooks and some Dell PC laptops, which could be used for FBCB2 emulators, Spider component emulators, and/or Spider control station prototypes. Permanent Spider tactical equipment will be routed to the lab as they become available from various test sites or production runs. The lab will have in-room GPS capability and the equipment necessary to run over-the-air tests through hardwire cables in order to prevent radio frequency interference/saturation. The lab has ample lockable storage for both hardware and documentation. The lab currently is secured and requires a combination to enter. Future plans will incorporate state-of-the-art security including double identification verification and inventory tracking system.