An Overview of Army Test and Evaluation

An Overview of Army Test and Evaluation Published by: The Army Test and Evaluation Management Agency September 2007 An Overview of Army Test and Evaluation Table of Contents Topic Page Introduction 1 I Test and Evaluation Mandate 1 II The Army Test and Evaluation Community 6 A. Army Test and Evaluation Executive 7 B. U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Management Agency 8 C. U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command 9 1. U.S. Army Developmental Test Command 10 2. U.S. Army Operational Test Command 17 3. U.S. Army Evaluation Center 18 D. U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command 19 1. U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll/Reagan Test Site 20 2. High Energy Laser Systems Test Facility 22 E. Project Manager for Instrumentation, Targets, and Threat Simulators 24 F. Army Research Laboratory’s Survivability, Lethality, and Analysis Directorate 25 G. Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity 27 III. Chemical and Biological T&E Community 31 A. Army 31 B. Air Force 31 C. Navy 32 D. Product Director, Test Equipment, Strategy, and Support 32 IV T&E Resource Management Structure 34 A. Army T&E Funding 34 1. Army Test Ranges and Facilities (665601) 38 2. Army Technical Test Instrumentation & Targets (665602) 38 3. Meteorological Support to Research, Development, Testing & Evaluation Activities (665702) 39 4. Support of Operational Testing (665712) 40 An Overview of Army Test and Evaluation Table of Contents (continued) 5. Program-wide Activities (665801) 40 6. Army Evaluation Center (665716) 40 7. Army Kwajalein Atoll (665301) 41 8. DOD High Energy Laser Systems Test Facility (665605) 41 9. Major Test and Evaluation Investment (664759) 42 10. Threat Simulator Development (664256) 42 11. Target Systems Development (664258) 43 12. Special Equipment for User Testing (MA6700) 43 13. Lethality/Survivability Analysis (665604) 43 14. Materiel Systems Analysis (665706) 44 15. Production Base Support and Industrial Facilities 45 B. Chemical and Biological Defense Program Funding 46 1. Chemical/Biological Defense (0603384BP) (Advanced Technology Development) 46 2. Chemical/Biological Defense (0603884BP) (Advanced Component Development and Prototypes) 47 3. Chemical/Biological Defense (0604384BP) (System Development and Demonstration) 47 4. Chemical/Biological Defense (9695384BP) (RDT&E Management Support) 47 5. Chemical/Biological Defense (0607384BP) (Operational System Development) 47 V Summary 48 Annex – Army Test and Evaluation PPBE Guidance A-1 An Overview of Army Test and Evaluation Introduction This document serves as a basic reference regarding the Army test and evaluation community’s general capabilities, funding, and policies. The primary audience includes members of the Army staff, the Tri-Service T&E community, Congressional staff, and personnel assigned to Army test and evaluation organizations. Formal course instruction is available through the Defense Acquisition University, and additional information is also available in Office of the Secretary of Defense directives and instructions, Army regulations and pamphlets, and individual test and evaluation organizations. Section I, The Test and Evaluation Mandate, outlines the requirement for test and evaluation. Section II, Army Test and Evaluation Community, provides a broad description of Army organizations that conduct, or are directly associated with, test and evaluation. Section III, Chemical and Biological T&E Community, describes the research and development facilities, T&E capability developers, and T&E assets unique to the Chemical and Biological T&E community. Section IV, T&E Resource Management Structure, describes the general funding construct that supports Army test and evaluation capabilities and what each T&E Program Element (PE) funds. Section V is a Summary of this document. I. The Test and Evaluation (T&E) Mandate The requirement and need for T&E as an integral part of the acquisition of materiel systems are mandated by law, directives, and regulations. Summaries of the primary mandates are discussed below. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-109, Major System Acquisitions, dated 5 April 1976, established policies to be followed by executive branch agencies in the acquisition of major systems. These policies were designed to assure the effectiveness and efficiency of the process of acquiring major systems. They were based on the general policy that Federal agencies, when acquiring major systems, would do the following: encourage innovation and competition by expressing needs and program objectives in mission terms; allow competitive exploration of alternative system design concepts; communicate with Congress early in the system acquisition process; establish clear lines of authority, responsibility, and accountability for management of programs; utilize appropriate managerial levels in decision making; designate a focal point responsible for integrating and unifying the system acquisition management process; and rely on private industry where appropriate. Specifically, paragraphs 7a & d of the Circular state that “Each agency acquiring major systems should: a. Ensure that each major system fulfills a mission need. Operates effectively in its intended environment. Demonstrates a level of performance and reliability that justifies the allocation of the Nation's limited resources for its acquisition and ownership. …d. Provide 1 An Overview of Army Test and Evaluation strong checks and balances by ensuring adequate system test and evaluation. Conduct such tests and evaluation independent, where practicable, of developer and user." 10 United States Code (USC) Sec. 2399, Operational Test and Evaluation of Defense Acquisition Programs, dated January 2006, is the primary statute from which Department of Defense (DoD) Directives, Instructions, and Army T&E regulations flow. Section 2399 is the primary reference for the requirement to conduct and report on operational testing. It states that “…a major defense acquisition program may not proceed beyond low-rate initial production until initial operational test and evaluation of the program is completed.” It further states that: “Operational testing of a major defense acquisition program may not be conducted until the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation of the Department of Defense approves (in writing) the adequacy of the plans (including the projected level of funding) for operational test and evaluation. ‘The Director shall analyze the results of the operational test and evaluation conducted… [and] prepare a report stating the opinion of the Director as to whether the test and evaluation performed were adequate, and whether the results of such test and evaluation confirm that the items or components actually tested are effective and suitable for combat. ‘A final decision… to proceed with a major defense acquisition program beyond low-rate initial production may not be made until the Director has submitted to the Secretary of Defense the report with respect to that program… and the congressional defense committees have received that report.” 10 USC Sec. 2366, Major Systems and Munitions Programs: Survivability Testing and Lethality Testing Required Before Full-Scale Production, dated January 2006 is the primary reference for conducting live fire survivability and lethality testing. It states that a covered system, major munition, a missile program, or a product improvement to a covered system, major munitions, or missile program may not proceed beyond low-rate initial production until realistic survivability or lethality testing is completed and the report required by statute is submitted to the congressional defense committees. Department of Defense (DoD) Directive 5000.1, The Defense Acquisition System, dated 12 May 2003, provides management principles and mandatory policies and procedures for managing all DoD acquisition programs. In accordance with (IAW) OMB Circular A-109, it fosters flexibility, responsiveness, innovation, disciplined, streamlined and effective management to acquire quality products that satisfy user needs with measurable improvements to mission capability and operational support, in a timely manner, and at a fair and reasonable price. It states that: “Test and evaluation shall be integrated throughout the defense acquisition process… and… structured to provide essential information to decision-makers, assess attainment of technical performance parameters, and determine whether systems are operationally effective, suitable, survivable, and safe for intended use. The conduct of test and 2 An Overview of Army Test and Evaluation evaluation, integrated with modeling and simulation, shall facilitate learning, assess technology maturity and interoperability, facilitate integration into fielded forces, and confirm performance against documented capability needs and adversary capabilities as described in the system threat assessment.” DoD Instruction 5000.2, Operation of the Defense Acquisition System, dated 12 May 2003, establishes a simplified and flexible management framework for translating mission needs and technology opportunities, based on approved mission needs and requirements, into stable, affordable, and well-managed acquisition programs that include weapon systems and automated information systems (AISs). Consistent with statutory requirements and DoDD 5000.1, it authorizes Milestone Decision Authorities to tailor procedures to achieve cost, schedule, and performance goals. It states that: “The PM, in concert with the user and test and evaluation communities, shall coordinate developmental test and

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