Real-time electromagnetic environmental simulator

A computer for use in a simulator to environmentally test and evaluate an electromagnetic radiation from a system-under-test located on a test platform in a simulated environment, the computer comprising:

• a PNT database connected into the computer, wherein the PNT database includes data pertaining to Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) information of a target located in the simulated environment and the test platform located in the simulated environment, and wherein the PNT information is established relative to a predetermined location for a transceiver in the simulated environment;
• an environmental database connected into the computer, wherein the environmental database includes information pertaining to meteorological conditions and topographical characteristics in the simulated environment;
• wherein the environment database is used to create the simulated environment;
• a computation engine in the computer connected with the PNT database and with the environmental database for processing, in real-time, a synchronized interaction of the electromagnetic radiation from the system-under-test with predetermined PNT information from the PNT database, under predetermined conditions set by pertinent environmental data from the environmental database, to create a response record for evaluating, in the simulated environment, a performance of electromagnetic radiation generated by the system-under-test;
• and wherein the response record is based on a return signal received by a transceiver in the simulated environment in response to a simulated transmission of the electromagnetic radiation from the transceiver, and wherein the return signal is determined by a real-time interaction of the electromagnetic radiation with PNT information and data from the environmental database.

A non-transitory, computer-readable medium having executable instructions stored thereon to direct a computer system in performing a process for evaluating an electromagnetic radiation from a system-under-test located on a test platform within a simulated environment, the executable instructions comprising:

• retrieving environmental data from a first database in a simulator, wherein the environmental data pertains to meteorological conditions and topographical characteristics in the simulated environment, and includes a location for a transceiver of the electromagnetic radiation in the simulated environment, and wherein the transceiver originates the electromagnetic radiation from the system-under-test at the location;
• wherein the first database with the environmental data is used to create the simulated environment;
• retrieving data from a second database to Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) information of a target located in the simulated environment for the test platform located in the simulated environment;
• a test platform processing, in real-time, in the simulated environment return signals from the system-under-test, wherein the return signals are indicative of a synchronized interaction of the electromagnetic radiation from the system-under-test with predetermined PNT information from the second database, under predetermined conditions set by pertinent environmental data from the first database, to create a response record for evaluating a performance of electromagnetic radiation generated by the system-under-test;
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• wherein the response record is based on a return signal received by a transceiver in the simulated environment in response to a simulated transmission of the electromagnetic radiation from the transceiver, and wherein the return signal is determined by a real-time interaction of the electromagnetic radiation with PNT information and data from the environmental database.