The Army's Electronic Proving Ground Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Testing Leader

Beverly I. Hawks

Abstract:	Synergistic advances in Global Position System (GPS), communications, sensors, and digitization of the battlefield have accelerated demand for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). UAV systems have become increasingly complex in design and have added one more variable that must be integrated into the battlefield management suite. The Electronic Proving Ground (EPG) as the Army’s expert in Command, Control, Communications, Computer, and Intelligence (C4I) system developmental testing, plays an important role in this integration and continues to be best suited for testing these important military assets. Our expertise in UAVs stems from the first drone tested in 1954. We have played an integral part in the development cycle as unmanned technology matured through the years. We characterize the system under test by providing the fullest possible combination of results from our modeling, simulation, stimulation, laboratory, technical and operational flight-testing.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 2000 National Technical Meeting of The Institute of Navigation January 26 - 28, 2000 Pacific Hotel Disneyland Anaheim, CA
Pages:	743 - 752
Cite this article:	Hawks, Beverly I., "The Army's Electronic Proving Ground Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Testing Leader," Proceedings of the 2000 National Technical Meeting of The Institute of Navigation, Anaheim, CA, January 2000, pp. 743-752.
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