Design, Test, and Evaluation
Paragon has a seasoned group to support all facets of Design, Test, and Evaluation (DT&E) ranging from hardware-in-the-loop testing to pre and post-flight analysis for endo-atmospheric and exo-atmospheric vehicles. Paragon personnel were responsible for test and evaluation function for the Ground based Interceptor (GBI) and the ARROW interceptor.
| Functional Area | Paragon’s Role & Responsibility |
|---|---|
| Electronics Testing and Evaluation | Operational and environmental Testing to required specifications. Performance and operational limit assessments. |
| RF Communications | Power level, sensitivity and signal-to-noise level testing. |
| RF Antenna Design | Design, modeling, gain, beam-width and sensitivity analysis. Verification, testing and documentation. |
| Flight Test Planning | Develop flight test plans to meet requirements. |
| Independent Review Team | Provide independent assessment of target vehicle. |
| Provide independent assessment of target vehicle. | Provide independent assessment of launch go/no-go. |
| Data Reduction | Reduce flight data to assess requirements |
| Preflight Predictions | Perform Hi-Fi simulation testing to assess go/no-go |
| Requirements Definition | Derive mission requirements |
| Support Planning | Hi-Fi modeling and vehicle assessments |
| Acquisition | Developing strategy, technical evaluation and award |
| Design and Development | Modeling, testing, and documentation |
| Post Mission Activities | Mission reconstruction and anomaly investigation |
| Software Verification/Validation | Perform detailed software testing and verification |
| Trajectory Optimization | Develop optimum flyout trajectory to meet system requirements |
| Autopilot Design | Develop classical, modern, robust and artificial intelligent based approaches |
| Guidance Design | Development of classical, optimal, artificial intelligent based and game theoretic algorithms |
| Quick Look Reports | Provide Government initial assessment of flight test. |