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                    Edwards testers successfully


                    integrate CRIIS on F-22 Raptor






          by Rachel Sullivan                   fighter platform.                     chitect.                             ARDS plate, with more room for growth.”
          Edwards AFB, Calif.                    “This successful CRIIS flight test ensures   CRIIS is a tri-service Test and Evaluation   Recent CRIIS flight testing has proven the
                                               that the 412th Range Squadron will achieve   range system designed to replace the aging   ability of the system to record highly accurate
           The 411th Flight Test Squadron in conjunc-  Initial Operating Capability for CRIIS and   ARDS. The CRIIS system can downlink and   TSPI on board the F-22. A live stream test of
          tion with the 412th Range Squadron achieved   continue the legacy of providing leading edge   relay aircraft TSPI, as well as other aircraft   CRIIS data from an F-22 to a mission control
          the first successful flight of the Common Range   Time-Space-Position Information capabil-  data to a test range ground station.  room is on track for later this summer.
          Integrated Instrumentation System at Edwards   ity for Edwards Flight Test Range customers   “CRIIS will enable F-22 flight testing for   “The CRIIS is truly a needed upgrade for the
          Air Force Base, Calif., Aug. 5, 2020.  that was started almost 30 years ago with the   the foreseeable future,” said Zachary Rumble,   test enterprise,” said Lt. Col. David Schmitt,
           This event marked the first flight of the   IOC of the nation’s first Advance Range Data   775th Test Squadron, and F-22 Navigation   411th FLTS and F-22 Combined Test Flight
          CRIIS at the Edwards Flight Test Range, and   System Global Position System,” said Randall   Subject Matter Expert. “In initial testing, CRI-  Director of Operations. “The ability to record
          it was also the first flight on a fifth-generation   Heiling, 412th Range Squadron’s master ar-  IS appears to be more accurate than the legacy   See RAPTOR, Page 2








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