Laboratory Information:
Experimentation Division (Battle Command Battle Lab - Gordon)
Building 19901
850 E. 13th Street
Fort Gordon, GA 30905
Website: http://www.signal.army.mil/bcblg/
Agency/Department: Dept. of Defense - Army
Region: Southeast
FLC Laboratory Representative:
Mr. Horace R. Carney III
Phone: (706) 791-9803
Fax: (706) 791-3799
Email: horace.carney@us.army.mil
Background/History of the Laboratory:
The Experimentation Division (ED), also
known as the Battle Command Battle Lab- Gordon (BCBL-G), was
chartered in 1994 by the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) to develop and leverage
technologies that would enhance the warfighter’s ability to practice the art and science of battle
command, to
find technical solutions to capability gaps, and to develop command and control (C2) requirements on
the
battlefield. At the end of 2006, TRADOC directed a major restructuring of all combat development organizations
across the Command, and part of that restructuring included alignment of the BCBL-G under the newly
formed
Signal Center (SIGCEN) Capability Development & Integration Directorate (CDID). As a result of the
reorganization efforts, BCBL-G was designated the Experimentation Division (ED) of the CDID. In October
2007,
the ED was designated a Federal Laboratory IAW 15 USC 3710.a. (d) and AR 70-57, with authority to participate
in the Army Domestic Technology Transfer Program (ADTTP). The ED has used this designation to
establish
Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs) and Education Partnership Agreements
(EPAs) with industry and academia (respectively) to assess and conduct experimentation of emerging
commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) solutions for identified capability gaps, Joint Urgent Operational Needs
Statements (JUONS), and other warfighter C2 requirements. Furthermore, the ED will leverage the
Federal
Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC) and Partnership Intermediary networks to access
a
broader range of industry research and development efforts to investigate and fill urgent warfighter
gaps, as
well as support Future Force concepts and experimentation efforts.
The ED conducts and participates in TRADOC-directed and -sponsored
concept development and prototype
experiments; performs science and technology evaluations and assessments; executes modeling and
simulation projects and tasks for multiple agencies; and performs studies and analyses within its leading-
edge telecommunications and advanced computing technology lanes. The ED is located at Fort Gordon,
Georgia, and is housed in a state-of-the-art assessment and evaluation facility that supports the following
activities/functions: 1) an advanced networking laboratory test bed, 2) a modeling and simulations lab,
3) the
Network Service Center- Training (NSC-T), 4) the Battle Lab Collaborative Simulation Environment (BLCSE)
Network Operations and Security Center (NOSC), and 5) Future Force experiment exercises. The ED is
supported by a team of Army officers, senior enlisted persons, Department of the Army civilians, and
defense
contractors.
Mission of the Laboratory:
The mission of the Experimentation Division
is to research, analyze, prototype, experiment, and assess the
suitability and applicability of products associated with telecommunications, networking, and network
operations (NETOPS) for use in a war-fighting environment.
Technology Transfer Mechanisms:
- Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs)
- Education Partnerships
- Material Transfer Agreements
Technology Areas of Expertise:
- Information assurance
- Modeling and Simulation (M&S)
- Network Operations (NetOps)
- RF Engineering
- Satellite communications (modem technologies)
- Wireless Engineering (WIFI/WIMAX)
