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WORKING IN SYNC Interoperability among all Army UAS assets is a key element of MUM-T. Here, Interoperability Engineer David Campbell, a contractor with Dynetics, works on AIC testing of the Gray Eagle and Apache Block III at JSIL, Redstone Arsenal, AL. (U.S. Army photo courtesy of PM UAS)


MUM-T capabilities


have


continued


to evolve, based on lessons learned over more than 10 years of combat


in Iraq


and Afghanistan. Now the Army is real- izing efficiencies in life-cycle cost from MUM-T through the use of common data standards. PM UAS’ Common Sys- tems Integration Product Office (PdM CSI), as the executive agent for MUM-T technologies, makes these common stan- dards possible.


THE INTEROPERABILITY SOLUTION Te primary challenge associated with MUM-T is developing, testing and cer- tifying the capability while establishing interoperability among all Army UAS assets. Development costs involve the procurement of radios, terminals and software, along with testing, fixing and


Te guiding documentation for the implementation of MUM-T stems from interoperability profiles (IOPs) devel- oped by the PdM CSI. While the scope of the IOPs is much broader than MUM- T, they are common to all UAS and manned assets, and serve well as a basis for MUM-T development, testing and deployment.


As the development of UAS has pro- gressed and the Army has identified and overcome technical hurdles, the concept of “design, fly, fix and repeat” has some- times been costly and caused integration delays. To reduce cost, increase qual- ity and accelerate schedule, the Joint Technology Center/System Integration


retesting to ensure that the capability works as expected.


Lab (JSIL)


at Redstone Arsenal, AL,


has become the centerpiece for all UAS interoperability testing.


After interoperability compliance testing and certification, UAS assets generally transfer to the Central Technical Sup- port Facility (CTSF) at Fort Hood, TX, for Army interoperability certification (AIC). Recently, the JSIL and PdM CSI conducted a review of additional test- ing sites involved with UAS, manned aircraft interoperability testing and MUM-T, and determined that linking the labs virtually through the Defense Research and Engineering Network (DREN) could leverage capabilities at the two facilities to gain efficiencies in both process and spending. Tis virtual connection eliminated not only the need to maintain personnel at both facilities


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