SBIR/STTR Award attributes
The ALE-47 Countermeasures Dispenser Set (CMDS) is installed on almost all Navy aircraft and is a vital component of the Aircraft Survivability Equipment (ASE) Suite. Each Type/Model/Series of aircraft utilizes a Mission Data File (MDF) which is mission-critical software that must undergo extensive testing prior to fielding. Each MDF must be tested against a different set of system inputs across different scenarios and conditions. The current manual testing process which includes platform-specific script generation, manual operation of the Software Test Environment (STE) and manual validation that the system is meeting performance specifications, can greatly benefit from automation to reduce cost and schedule and increase test coverage. This proposal addresses these challenges by the unique application of end-to-end automation applied to the entire lifecycle of MDF testing. This end-to-end automated testing solution is centered on a system model that defines the overall behavior of the ALE-47 system. This model, along with recorded test data is used to support generation of automated test artifacts including: automated STE scenario scripts, test execution flows that automatically operate the STE during test events, analysis cases for requirements verification, System Requirement Verification Matrix (SRVM) to provide test validation and automatically generated Objective Quality Evidence (OQE) reports.
