Test and Evaluation Science and Technology
Abstract
This program supports the Department's initiatives to defend the homeland, deter strategic attacks and aggression, prevail in conflict, build enduring advantage, and build a resilient joint force and defense eco system. The Test and Evaluation/Science and Technology (T&E/S&T) program seeks out and develops test technologies to keep pace with evolving weapons technologies. Aligned with the National Defense Strategy, this program is critical to ensure that the Department of Defense (DoD) has the ability to adequately test the advanced systems that will be fielded in the future, building a more lethal force. To meet this objective, the T&E/S&T Program performs the following activities: • Exploits new technologies and processes to meet important T&E requirements. • Expedites the transition of new technologies from the laboratory environment to the T&E community. • Leverages industry advances in equipment, modeling and simulation, and networking to support T&E. Additionally, the T&E/S&T Program examines emerging T&E requirements resulting from Joint Service initiatives to identify T&E technology needs and develop a long-range roadmap for technology insertion. The program leverages and employs applicable applied research efforts from the highly developed technology base in the DoD laboratories and test centers, other Government agencies, and industry to accelerate development of new test capabilities. The program outreaches and engages academia to address test technology challenges in DoD testing, advancing Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) initiatives at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) and other minority serving institutions. This program provides travel funds for T&E/S&T program oversight, special studies, analyses, and strategic planning related to test capabilities and infrastructure. The T&E/S&T Program aligns with the science and technology (S&T) Communities of Interest (COI) to prepare the T&E community to test warfighting capabilities that emerge from priority S&T investments. The T&E/S&T Program utilizes Advanced Technology Development funding because which supports the development and demonstration of high payoff technologies for current and future DoD test capabilities.
Document Details
- Document Type
- R2 Budgetary Justification
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2025
- Source ID
- 0603941D8Z_3_0400_PB_2025
- Change Summary Explanation
- FY 2023 changes are due to SBIR/STTR and Cancelled Accounts adjustments. FY 2025 - A reduction of $33.330 was applied to meet DoD overall funding reductions, which was spread to mitigate impact. $3.020 was the topline reduction, $30.850 was the S&T reduction and an inflation adjustment of +$.549.
- Service Agency Name
- Office of the Secretary Of Defense
Entities
Organizations
- Office of the Secretary of Defense
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