Tactical Data Link Integration Exerciser (TIGER)

The Tactical Data Link Integration Exerciser (TIGER) stimulates systems under test with tactical scenarios:

  1. Link 16
  2. Link 11
  3. Link 22
  4. Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS)
  5. Joint Range Extension Applications Protocol (JREAP) C
  6. and more

Developed by Northrop Grumman, TIGER is based on the leading DoD data link test system, the Multi-Link System Test and Training Tool (MLST3), and predecessor systems. Its hardware includes rack mountable, portable, laptop, and cabinet configurations. The cabinet option can include a Multifunctional Information Distribution System-Low Volume Terminal (MIDS-LVT) and a remote power supply. The TIGER software suite supplies Pre-Test, Real-Time, and Post-Test Analysis applications.

Pre-Test Application

 Analysts use the TIGER scenario developer program to script reusable scenarios for real-time testing. The scenario fi les contain complete environments of tactical exercises. Among TIGER’s capabilities is the ability to simulate many tracks:

Scripted analysis report fi les present logical information about the exercise scenario, viewed from aspects such as time, track history and errors. The graphic user interface simplifi es exercise development by enabling users to create tracks manually Using a powerful battlespace simulator and a fl exible array of analysis capabilities, TIGER is a proven interoperability test system used worldwide.

How It Works

TIGER generates tactical data link messages and outputs them as a complete tactical exercise scenario to the system under test. It then receives and interactively processes and displays the output of the system under test. If the interactions comply with appropriate specifi cations, the system under test is considered interoperable.