CenGen’s Live Field Range supports physical implementation of networks by utilizing tactical network assets. It can stand up to complex tactical heterogeneous networks and provides the ability to evaluate operational hardware and software in tactically relevant environments:

• Scalable
  Ability to physically implement and integrate highly mobile, complex, and large scale networks (50+ nodes) over a large operational area (100 km x 100 km) consisting of dismount, vehicular, and airborne platforms

• Dynamic and Flexible
  Supports tactical and surrogate hardware, software, and communications protocols to provide realism

• Realistic
  Supports complex heterogeneous networks and incorporation of advanced networking technologies with the ability to support wired, wireless, or hybrid topologies

• Automated, Repeatable and Reconfigurable
  Has a robust and responsive data collection process and system to provide high fidelity test data and unbiased results. Capable of migrating to a fully automated process utilizing a non-intrusive secure commercial ad-hoc back channel

• Data Collection and Analysis
  An arsenal of test tools allow us to load a network centric system with user application data, voice, video, and file transfer to collect the end user experience and allow for distributed real time status and accurate post analysis. These tools can be used fully distributed (for field experiments without a control network), or fully controlled (for lab testing with a control network)