Central Test and Evaluation Investment Program (CTEIP)
Abstract
This program supports the Department's initiatives to defend the homeland, deter strategic attacks and aggression while prevailing in conflict, building enduring advantage, and building a resilient Joint Force and defense ecosystem. Since its inception in FY 1990, Central Test and Evaluation Investment Program (CTEIP) provides the development of critically needed, high-priority Test and Evaluation (T&E) capabilities for joint/multi-Service requirements. CTEIP investments address strategic requirements related to Hypersonics, Directed Energy, Cyber, Electronic Warfare, Nuclear Effects, Space, Autonomy, and Multi-Domain Operations. Other Investments in test infrastructure align with objectives in the Strategic Plan for DoD T&E Resources for high priority test needs and common range Infrastructure. The CTEIP uses a corporate investment approach to combine T&E needs from Service, Defense, and other Government agencies in order to maximize opportunities for joint efforts and avoid unwarranted duplication of test capabilities. CTEIP evaluates and selects for execution, proposals that align to the NDS and USD(R&E) priorities, provide the greatest return on investment, make efficient use of limited test resources, leverage Service investment, and promote joint solutions to fill test capability gaps. CTEIP provides enterprise solutions that benefit the whole Department. These investments are needed so test capabilities keep pace with U.S. and adversary technical advances as well as, with quickly changing threats.
Document Details
- Document Type
- R2 Budgetary Justification
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2023
- Source ID
- 0604940D8Z_6_0400_PB_2023
- Change Summary Explanation
- FY 2023 funding increase reflects the fact that the FY 2022 President's Budget request did not include out-year funding. FY 2022 Congressional addition of $444.478M improves the following capabilities: 1) enhanced hypersonic ground test capability and throughput by reactivating previously decommissioned synthetic air hypersonic propulsion test facilities, including the relocation of affected NASA capabilities or facilities; 2) acquires advanced C-band and S-band active electronically scanned array (AESA) radars with variable and reprogrammable multi-threat capabilities to better represent modern, complex EW test and training environments; 3) delivers and integrates C/X-band auxiliary systems necessary to simulate threat-representative integrated air defense system laydowns; 4) acquires modern, upgraded ground-based threat emulators (low, mid, and high-band) for USAF and Navy test ranges to enable realistic operational testing of F-35 and other airborne electronic attack platforms; 5) develop and fields mobile telemetry systems supporting long-range testing over the open ocean; 6) dynamic beam control measurement system for assessing performance of high energy laser (HEL) systems mounted on moving platforms in realistic shipboard and ground vehicle environments; 7) develop and fields an instrumented surrogate cruise missile target for the test and evaluation of directed energy engagements; 8) Upgrades portable broad open-ocean scoring system to include telemetry and SATCOM relay capability. FY 2023 funding increase reflects additional capabilities to the program in several high priority areas including: 1) acquisition of multiple advanced X-Band and VHF/UHF electronic warfare threat simulators to represent modern, complex EW test scenarios; 2) improve test capabilities at WSMR to evaluate impact of space environment and nuclear effects on microelectronics in realistic , controllable conditions; 3) broad ocean area RF and optical scoring capabilities to test lethality and impact location of hypersonic weapons in both Atlantic and Pacific oceans; 4) modernization of high speed test track at Holloman AFB and upgrades to tracks at China Lake and Eglin for testing hypersonic weapons; and 5) high-bandwidth, high-speed telemetry instrumentation at Kwajalein to enable high-speed data collection and fast turnaround of test data for hypersonic testing. FY 2023 decrease of $38M reflects transfer of funds to USAF for MILCON associated with high capacity mid-pressure arc heater development at Arnold Engineering Development Complex, TN.
- Service Agency Name
- Office of the Secretary Of Defense
Entities
Organizations
- Office of the Secretary of Defense
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