# ExCIS **Entity class:** Concept or analytic term **Domain:** Austin Research / Programs **Doc Type:** Research entity **Source basis:** Supplied research cluster with linked references; see the [[wiki/Austin Research Evidence Map|evidence map]] for verification scope. **ExCIS**, the Extensible Command, Control, Communications, Computer, and Intelligence Suite, is the Army test instrumentation system attributed to UT’s [[wiki/Center for Agile Technology|Center for Agile Technology]] in the supporting UARC article. It simulates and stimulates command-and-control and fire-support systems so their responses can be measured under controlled scenarios. The research document describes connections to Army and Marine Corps field-artillery test needs at Fort Hood. Its role in this cluster is the operational-test bridge between software, communications, simulation, and deployed systems. The local article is the retained provenance for the specific 2009 procurement account pending retrieval of that original record. ## Connected entries [[wiki/Center for Agile Technology|Center for Agile Technology]] · [[wiki/Sensor-to-Action Loop|Sensor-to-Action Loop]] · [[wiki/Verification Validation and Uncertainty Quantification|Verification Validation and Uncertainty Quantification]] ## Sources and corpus context - [[research/UT Austin - The University Affiliated Research Center and ACES|UT Austin - The University Affiliated Research Center and ACES]] **Cluster:** [[wiki/Austin Executable Loop|Austin Executable Loop]] · [[wiki/Austin Research Evidence Map|Austin Research Evidence Map]] ## Relationships <!-- BEGIN HUMANIZED RELATIONSHIPS 2026-09-11 --> This entry's documented connections are expressed in its definition and related-work routes, with provenance retained in the source-linked material. <!-- END HUMANIZED RELATIONSHIPS 2026-09-11 --> ## Austin defense-technology role Command-and-information instrumentation suite developed by UT's Center for Agile Technology. The article describes its use in simulating and stimulating field-artillery and fire-support systems before fielding. Operational sensing combines platforms, observations, analysis, and command action. Instrumentation tests systems before fielding, while biometric assurance evaluates whether an observed identity sample is genuine. ExCIS, Army Task Force ODIN, Saturn Arch, and IARPA Odin occupy distinct positions in this map. Their names route to separate institutions and documented histories. ### Regional relationships - **developer:** [[wiki/Center for Agile Technology|Center for Agile Technology]]. - **system function:** [[wiki/Military Instrumentation|Military Instrumentation]]. - **regional master router:** [[wiki/Austin Defense Technology|Austin Defense Technology]]. - **source article:** [[articles/How Austin Became a Different Kind of Defense Tech Epicenter|How Austin Became a Different Kind of Defense Tech Epicenter]]. - **civilian supplier and participation economy:** [[collections/The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace|The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace]]. - **intelligence architecture:** [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]]. ### Austin sources - [[articles/How Austin Became a Different Kind of Defense Tech Epicenter#The Executable Loop|Austin defense-tech article — The Executable Loop]] — October 2026 revision; source for this entry’s regional role. - [Bryant McGill, UT Austin: The University Affiliated Research Center and ACES](https://bryantmcgill.com/research/UT+Austin+-+The+University+Affiliated+Research+Center+and+ACES) - [U.S. Army Center of Military History, The Surge, 2006–2008](https://history.army.mil/Portals/143/Images/Publications/Publication%20By%20Title%20Images/S%20PDF/cmhPub_078-1.pdf) - [U.S. Army, Saturn Arch](https://www.army.mil/article/119068/saturn_arch) ## Connected Austin capabilities [[wiki/Command Control Communications Computers Intelligence and Information Warfare|Command Control Communications Computers Intelligence and Information Warfare]], [[wiki/Military Instrumentation|Military Instrumentation]], [[wiki/Center for Agile Technology|Center for Agile Technology]], [[wiki/Army Operational Test Command|Army Operational Test Command]], [[wiki/Field-Artillery Simulation|Field-Artillery Simulation]], [[wiki/Fire-Support Simulation|Fire-Support Simulation]]. These entries identify associated implementations, people, methods, and institutional contexts in [[articles/How Austin Became a Different Kind of Defense Tech Epicenter|How Austin Became a Different Kind of Defense Tech Epicenter]]. [[wiki/Austin Defense Technology|Austin Defense Technology]] supplies their regional arrangement; [[collections/The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace|The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace]] supplies the wider supplier and participation economy.