RangeOps for Test & Evaluation
Compress schedules, de-risk C-UAS/EW trials, and deliver decision-quality data through mission-threaded planning, digital rehearsal, and automated range orchestration.
The Challenge: Modern T&E Constraints
Range Congestion & Aging Infrastructure
Limited mission-relevant test capacity due to antiquated instrumentation and oversubscribed ranges across the Major Range and Test Facility Base (MRTFB), hampering program schedules and readiness assessments.
Contested Spectrum Environment
Rapidly evolving cyber/EW threats demand increasingly realistic RF environments, high-fidelity threat emulation, and integrated cyber assessments, straining conventional test methodologies and equipment.
Shifting Policy Landscape
DoD's shift-left approach requires earlier Operational Test involvement, continuous data collection, and complex governance structures that traditional test planning processes struggle to accommodate.
Decision Latency
Slow data processing and analysis cycles create unacceptable delays between test execution and actionable insights, jeopardizing both program timelines and warfighter capability delivery.
These constraints are particularly acute for Counter-UAS and Electronic Warfare systems, where operationally relevant testing demands precise orchestration of complex electromagnetic environments, multiple targets, and sophisticated data collection.
Our Comprehensive Approach
Mission-Threaded Risk-Based T&E
We integrate Developmental and Operational Test (DT/OT) using a Test & Evaluation as a Continuum (TEaaC) framework, incorporating Scientific Test and Analysis Techniques (STAT) and Mission-Based Risk Assessment (MBRA). This ensures comprehensive, high-fidelity coverage across the entire C-UAS/EW kill chain, from detection to battle damage assessment, with quantifiable data-quality gates.
Digital Engineering Rehearsals
Leveraging Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), accredited Modeling & Simulation (M&S), and digital twins, we explore thousands of C-UAS/EW scenarios virtually before physical testing. This drastically reduces risks, optimizes test point selection, and allows rapid iteration on system configurations, maximizing the efficiency of limited range time.
Dynamic Range Orchestration
We optimize test resource allocation with advanced scheduling tools for all range assets. Automated spectrum coordination prevents interference and maximizes concurrent testing. Integrated telemetry provides real-time asset tracking and control, eliminating conflicts and minimizing idle time, significantly increasing range throughput for complex multi-asset tests.
Real-Time Telemetry & Analytics
Our system fuses high-volume, on-range test data from diverse sources with sophisticated AI-assisted analytics. This enables immediate performance assessment, rapid anomaly identification, and dynamic re-tasking of test events in real-time. Proven effective by Astrion's DCMS at Yuma Test Center, this transforms raw data into actionable insights for rapid decision-making.
Embedded Safety & Certification
We rigorously integrate safety case analysis, reliability assessment, and comprehensive readiness reviews throughout the T&E lifecycle. This approach aligns with DoD policy (DoDI 5000.98; DoDM 5000.100), ensuring C-UAS/EW systems are evaluated for both operational effectiveness and safety. This proactive integration accelerates safe system release and establishes credible evaluation conclusions from early development stages.
Execution Framework: A Detailed Approach
Discovery: Defining Scope & Parameters
We begin by meticulously assessing specific program objectives, defining critical mission threads, and detailing precise test requirements. This collaborative process involves in-depth stakeholder interviews and document review to establish a comprehensive baseline for robust test planning and proactive risk management, ensuring all evaluation criteria are captured upfront.
Plan: Strategic Test Design with STAT
Leveraging Scientific Test and Analysis Techniques (STAT), we design highly efficient test matrices and detailed test plans, including Design of Experiments (DoE) where applicable. This approach maximizes operational test coverage while significantly minimizing costly range time and optimizing resource allocation for C-UAS/EW trials, ensuring maximum data utility from every test event.
Environment & Readiness: Configuring & Validating
Prior to physical testing, we configure high-fidelity digital twins and simulate complex electromagnetic environments to replicate real-world scenarios. Comprehensive range preparation, including instrumentation calibration and threat emulation setup, is followed by rigorous readiness reviews with all personnel to ensure full system and crew preparedness for seamless and safe test execution.
Execute & Collect: Real-Time Orchestration
We orchestrate complex test events with precision, utilizing real-time monitoring of all critical parameters and automated high-fidelity data collection. This enables immediate feedback loops and corrective actions if any data quality issues or deviations from the test plan arise, ensuring decision-quality data is consistently captured, as proven by Astrion's DCMS.
Analyze & Assure: AI-Driven Insights
Collected data is processed through advanced AI-assisted analytics platforms, rapidly transforming raw telemetry into actionable insights. Our comprehensive analysis validates test objectives achievement, identifies critical performance trends for C-UAS/EW systems, and assures data integrity for authoritative decision-making.
Certify & Transition: Expedited Approval
We compile thorough evidence packages, including detailed test reports, verified data sets, and accreditation documentation, tailored for various certification authorities (e.g., DT&E, OT&E, Cyber). This meticulous preparation significantly streamlines the path to operational use and secures rapid fielding approval for critical defense systems.
Improve: Continuous Optimization
Post-test reviews capture crucial lessons learned and inform refinements to our processes. Digital models and simulations (digital twins) are continuously updated and accredited with real-world data, fostering a feedback loop that consistently enhances test efficiency and effectiveness for all future iterations and evolving threats.
This repeatable model, grounded in Astrion's robust Mission Test Framework, ensures consistent, high-quality outcomes across diverse test campaigns, including highly complex C-UAS and EW evaluations. Our structured approach not only accelerates program timelines but also guarantees unwavering alignment with all DoD acquisition policy requirements (DoDI 5000.98, DoDM 5000.100), delivering credible, decision-quality data to the warfighter.
Measured Benefits
Accelerated Timelines
Shift-left testing with digital twins and continuous methodologies dramatically reduces program schedules by finding issues before physical testing.
High First-Pass Success
STAT-informed test design and comprehensive digital rehearsal significantly increase the probability of achieving test objectives on the first attempt.
Rapid Data Insights
Automated ingest, tagging, and AI-assisted analysis transform raw test data into actionable insights within 1-2 days, accelerating decision cycles.
For C-UAS and EW systems specifically, our approach enhances operational realism through mission-threaded scenarios with accredited RF environments, yielding more credible test results while maintaining regulatory compliance with spectrum management and safety requirements.
Specialized Capabilities for C-UAS/EW Testing
RF Environment Management
Our specialized RF orchestration platform manages complex electromagnetic environments for C-UAS and EW testing, providing:
  • Dynamic spectrum allocation and deconfliction
  • Automated frequency clearance processing
  • High-fidelity threat emitter coordination
  • Real-time EM environment monitoring
This capability ensures operationally relevant testing while maintaining compliance with increasingly restrictive spectrum regulations.
Advanced Telemetry Solutions
Purpose-built for C-UAS and EW data collection, our telemetry systems deliver:
  • Microsecond-precision event synchronization
  • Encrypted multi-channel data streams
  • Distributed sensor fusion capabilities
  • Automated quality verification
The Data Collection Management System (DCMS) deployed at Yuma Test Center demonstrates these capabilities in operational C-UAS testing environments.
Expert Resources & Infrastructure
Cleared Technical Experts
Access to 6,000+ staff (71% cleared, 25% TS+) with specialized experience in C-UAS, EW, and advanced test methodologies. Our CrewFlex™ surge staffing model enables rapid scaling for complex test campaigns.
Specialized Laboratories
Purpose-built facilities for hardware-in-the-loop testing, RF environment simulation, and cyber vulnerability assessment, creating a continuous test environment that bridges digital and physical domains.
Range Partnerships
Established relationships with key DoD test ranges including AEDC, MDA facilities, and Yuma Proving Ground, facilitating streamlined access and resource coordination for complex test campaigns.
Our personnel have direct experience supporting test events across the full spectrum of C-UAS and EW systems, from man-portable counter-drone equipment to integrated air defense systems and advanced electronic attack platforms.
Start Optimizing Your Test & Evaluation Today
Astrion's RangeOps for Test & Evaluation provides a comprehensive solution to the most pressing challenges facing DoD test programs, particularly in the C-UAS and EW domains. Our approach has been battle-tested across multiple programs, consistently delivering:
  • Accelerated test timelines with reduced costs
  • Higher data quality and test execution success rates
  • Streamlined certification and authorization processes
  • Enhanced operational realism for C-UAS and EW testing
Contact our team today to schedule an initial assessment of your test program and discover how RangeOps can transform your approach to T&E.

Alignment with DoD Policy
Our RangeOps approach fully aligns with key DoD guidance including:
  • DoDI 5000.98 (Test & Evaluation)
  • DoDM 5000.100 (Test Resources Management)
  • Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) principles
  • Digital Engineering Strategy requirements