Army Test Ranges and Facilities
Abstract
This Program Element (PE) provides the institutional funding required to operate test activities, in accordance with Public Law 107-314 Section 232 in support of Department of Defense (DoD) Program Executive Officers, Program and Product Managers, and Research, Development, and Engineering Centers. Resources provided by this project operate six elements of the DoD Major Range and Test Facility Base (MRTFB): White Sands Test Center (WSTC),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 Centers (TRTC) at various locations. This PE also funds the Army's test capability at Redstone Test Center (RTC), Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. This PE finances the overhead (institutional) test operating costs not billable to DoD test customers per Department of Defense Instruction (DODI) 3200.18 and Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation (DODFMR) 7000.14-R, which include recurring test infrastructure/capability sustainment requirements, replacement of test equipment, test operating procedures, and test revitalization/upgrade projects to maintain $5,500 Million of 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, cyber, electromagnetic effects, and quality of materiel in development and in production. This PE 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 Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 with continued support in FY 2019 include: Network Integration Evaluation (NIE), Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV), Stryker (ECP, 30mm, ICV), Common Missile Warning System, Rifleman Radio, Joint Assault Bridge, Warfighter Information Network Tactical (WIN-T), AN/TPQ53 Radar, Distributed Common Ground Sensor - Army (DCGS-A), Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3), Joint Air-to-Ground Missile, Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense (AIAMD), M109A7 Family of Vehicles, XM25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement (CDTE), Black Hawk, Gray Eagle Extended Range Handheld, Manpack and Small Form Fit (HMS) Man Pack Radio, Soldier Protective System, M829E4 120MM Advanced Kinetic Energy, Precision Guidance Kit (PGK), Marine Corp Amphibious Combat Vehicle.
Document Details
- Document Type
- R2 Budgetary Justification
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2019
- Source ID
- 0605601A_6_2040_PB_2019
- Change Summary Explanation
- Service Agency Name
- Army
Entities
Organizations
- United States Army
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