Realistic Battlefield Environment

The Realistic Battlefield Environment (RBE) consists of Communications Environment Systems (CES) and foreign vehicles. The CES consists of more than 100 foreign radio systems and U.S. manufactured surrogates (HF, VHF, UHF) normally installed in tactical vehicles. Deployed to any of the more than 2,100 surveyed sites in and around Ft. Huachuca and Southern Arizona. These CES's can emulate a dense threat RF environment for testing Intelligence and Electronic Warfare (IEW) systems, and may be used statically or moving. There are after RF generating devices such as radar and signal generator/amplifiers to provide a Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) type environment. The foreign vehicles consist primarily of former Warsaw pact tactical wheeled and tracked armored personnel carriers and trucks, and may be used for systems under test requiring visual, infrared, audio, and radar cross section signatures. Additionally, specialized equipment (jammers) are available to allow field vulnerability testing of various radar, communications, and command, and control systems during equipment and system development.