Army Evaluation Center

Abstract

The Army Evaluation Center (AEC) provides independent and integrated technical and operational evaluations, and life-cycle Continuous Evaluation (CE) of assigned Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAP), Major Automated Information Systems, and In-Process Review (IPR) programs for major milestone decisions, materiel changes, and materiel releases in support of the Army Acquisition Executive, other Service Acquisition Executives, Joint Program Executive Officers, other governmental agencies, and force development. AEC is The Army's independent evaluator. AEC develops the evaluation strategy, designs tests, and evaluates the test results to address a system's combat effectiveness, suitability, and survivability factors pertinent to the decision process, such as: Critical Operational Issues and Criteria (COIC), system performance, soldier survivability, performance in countermeasures, system survivability, reliability, supportability, etc. AEC has the lead in planning and execution of Army Live Fire Tests and Continuous Evaluations through its evaluation and test design responsibilities. The evaluations produced by AEC are required by the Army Chief of Staff, the Army Acquisition Executive, other Army, Service, Joint, and agency senior leaders and the Department of Defense Director of Operational Test and Evaluation for acquisition decisions. In addition, Army leadership has recognized the numerous benefits of an early involvement initiative. In support of ongoing Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) related activities, AEC continues to dedicate a significant amount of its evaluation workload towards the evaluation of Rapid Initiative (RI) & Rapid Equipping Force (REF) systems, Urgent Material Releases, and Counter Improvised Explosive Device (IED) systems in support of the Joint IED Defeat Office (JIEDDO) and the Joint Test Board. This project funds the salaries of civilian employees conducting T&E early involvement, evaluation and test design missions and associated personnel support/sustainment costs including: temporary duty, professional training, supplies, and equipment. This project does not finance test facility operations, test instrumentation or test equipment.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2012
Source ID
0605716A_6_2040_PB_2012
Change Summary Explanation
Service Agency Name
Army

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Army Procurement
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Control Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Explosive Devices
  • Explosives
  • Improvised Explosive Devices
  • Military Acquisition
  • Radio Equipment
  • Reliability
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Test Facilities
  • Weapon Systems

Readers

  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering

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