Army Test Ranges and Facilities
Abstract
This project provides the institutional funding required to operate test activities, in accordance with Section 232 of the FY2003 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA FY03), required by Department of Defense (DOD) Program Executive Officers, Program and Product Managers, and Research, Development, and Engineering Centers. Resources provided by this project operate seven elements of the DOD Major Range and Test Facility Base (MRTFB): White Sands Test Center (WSTC),White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico; High Energy Laser System Test Facility (HELSTF), White Sands Test Center, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico; Aberdeen Test Center (ATC), Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland; Electronic Proving Ground (EPG), Fort Huachuca, Arizona; and Yuma Test Center (YTC), Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, Cold Regions Test Center (CRTC) Fort Greely, Alaska and Tropic Regions Test Center (TRTC) at various locations. This project also funds the Army's test capability at Redstone Test Center (RTC), Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. This project finances the overhead (institutional) test operating costs not billable to DOD test customers per NDAA FY03, which include recurring test infrastructure/capability sustainment requirements, replacement of test equipment, test operating procedures, and test revitalization/upgrade projects to maintain current testing capabilities and improvements to safety, environmental protection, efficiency of test operations, and technological advances. The test capabilities at these ranges have been uniquely established, are in place to support test and evaluation (T&E) requirements of funded weapons programs, and are required to assure technical performance, adherence to safety requirements, reliability, logistics supportability, Title 10 Live Fire Test and Evaluation, transportability, environmental effects, electromagnetic effects, and quality of materiel in development and in production. This project sustains the T&E capability required to support Army as well as Joint Service or Other Service systems, materiel, and technologies. Types of systems scheduled for testing include: Aircraft, Air Delivery, Unmanned Aerial Systems, Unmanned Ground Vehicles, Air and Missile Defense Systems, Engineering Equipment, Direct fire, Indirect fire, Nonlethal weapons, Ammunition, Automotive Systems, Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Ground Soldier System, Missiles, Rockets, Mission Command Network, and Tactical Command, Control, and Communication. Specific systems supported in FY15 with continued support in FY16 include: Network Integration Evaluations (NIE), Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV), Stryker Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs), Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS), M270A1 Improved Armor Cab, Rifleman Radio, Joint Assault Bridge, Warfighter Information Network Tactical (WIN-T Inc 2), AN/TPQ53 Radar, Counter Rocket Artillery and Mortar System (CRAM), Distributed Common Ground System - Army (DCGS-A), Aviation Transformation (AH-64E), missile defense (PAC-3), Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense (AIAMD), Nett Warrior, XM25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement (CDTE), Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems, Gray Eagle, Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS), Soldier Radio Waveform Applique, and Soldier Protective System M829E4 120MM Advanced Kinetic Energy. Direct costs are borne by materiel developers in accordance with DoD Directive 3200.11 and DOD Financial Management Regulation 7000.14R.
Document Details
- Document Type
- R2 Budgetary Justification
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2016
- Source ID
- 0605601A_6_2040_PB_2016
- Change Summary Explanation
- Service Agency Name
- Army
Entities
Organizations
- United States Army
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