  We present a new high-contrast imaging testbed designed to provide complete
solutions in wavefront sensing, control and starlight suppression with complex
aperture telescopes. The testbed was designed to enable a wide range of studies
of the effects of such telescope geometries, with primary mirror segmentation,
central obstruction, and spiders. The associated diffraction features in the
point spread function make high-contrast imaging more challenging. In
particular the testbed will be compatible with both AFTA-like and ATLAST-like
aperture shapes, respectively on-axis monolithic, and on-axis segmented
telescopes. The testbed optical design was developed using a novel approach to
define the layout and surface error requirements to minimize amplitude-induced
errors at the target contrast level performance. In this communication we
compare the as-built surface errors for each optic to their specifications
based on end-to-end Fresnel modeling of the testbed. We also report on the
testbed optical and optomechanical alignment performance, coronagraph design
and manufacturing, and preliminary first light results.
