Army Technical Test Instrumentation and Targets

Abstract

This Program Element (PE) provides critical front-end investments for development of: new test methodologies; test standards; advanced test technology concepts for long range requirements; future test capabilities; advanced development of Modeling and Simulation and Instrumentation (MS&I) prototypes; and the full development of test instrumentation for the United States (U.S) Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC), which includes the Operational Test Command (OTC) at Ft Hood, Texas; Aberdeen Test Center (ATC), Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland; White Sands Test Center (WSTC) at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), New Mexico; Electronic Proving Ground (EPG), Fort Huachuca, Arizona; Yuma Test Center (YTC) at Yuma Proving Grounds (YPG), Arizona (including the Cold Regions Test Center (CRTC), Fort Greely, Alaska and the Tropics Regions Test Center (TRTC), at various locations); and Redstone Test Center (RTC), Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. OTC consists of three forward Test Directorates (Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Air Defense Artillery Test Directorate, Fort Bliss, Texas; and the Fires Test Directorate, Fort Sill, Oklahoma) together with four other Test Directorates (Aviation; Maneuver; Mission Command; Maneuver Support and Sustainment) at Ft Hood, Texas. These activities enable Army Futures Command (AFC) modernization effort and readiness and support the development and fielding cycle of all Army acquisition programs including rapid fielding initiatives. Sustainment funding maintains existing testing capabilities at all locations by replacing unreliable, uneconomical, and irreparable instrumentation, as well as incremental upgrades of hardware and software for MS&I systems to assure adequate test data collection capabilities. This data supports acquisition milestone decisions for all commodity areas throughout the Army including programs such as the 105-mm Mobile Howitzer, 30mm/40mm ammunition, Active Protection System (APS), AH-64 Block III, AN/MPQ-64A3 Sentinel 3-D Radar, APR-39C(V)1 Radar, Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV), Army Integrated Air-Missile Defense (AIAMD), Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS), CH-47F Chinook, Common Infrared Counter Measures (CIRCM), Common Robotic System-Individual (CRS-I), Counter Unmanned Aircraft System (c-UAS), Counter Rocket Artillery Mortar (C-RAM), Counter Unmanned Aircraft System (C-UAS), Enhanced Heavy Equipment Transporter System (EHETS/Medium Equipment Trailer (MET), Enhanced Night Vision Goggle - Binocular (ENVG-B), Expedient Leader Follower, Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA), Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV), Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS), Hypervelocity Gun Weapon System, Integrated Tactical Network (ITN),Javelin, Joint Air-to- Ground Missile (JAGM) for US Navy, Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV), Leader Radio, M109A7 Paladin/M992A3 Field Artillery Ammunition Supply Vehicle (FAASV), M1147 Advanced Multi-Purpose X (AMP), M1A2 Abrams SEPv2 Next Evolution Armor (NEA), M-2/3 Bradley Expedited Active Protection System (ExAPS), M-2/3 Bradley Fist, M776 Chrome Tube, M777 Long Range Cannon, Maneuver Short Range Air Defense (M-SHORAD), Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF), Modular Handgun System (MHS), Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle, Patriot 3 (PAC-3), Precision Guidance Kit (PGK), Precision Strike Missile (PrSM), Robotic Combat Vehicle (RCV), Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (TUAS), Squat Multipurpose Equipment Transport (SMET), Stinger Shelf life Extension Program (SLEP), Stryker, Systems for Assured Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT), Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), and UH-60M Black Hawk.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2021
Source ID
0605602A_6_2040_PB_2021
Change Summary Explanation
Service Agency Name
Army

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Cyber
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Ammunition
  • Army Training
  • Artillery
  • Artillery Ammunition
  • Command Control Communications And Computer Systems
  • Data Management
  • Data Processing
  • Developmental Tests
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Indirect Fire
  • Short Range Air Defense
  • Short Range Ballistic Missiles
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • Unmanned Aerial Systems
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Readers

  • Military/Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technology
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
  • AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy
  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs
  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow
  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems

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