Test and Evaluation Support

Abstract

Test facilities, capabilities and resources operated through this program include wind tunnels, rocket and jet engine test cells, armament test ranges, hardware-in-the-loop test facilities, climatic test facilities, avionics test facilities, aircraft testbeds, dry lakebed landing sites, instrumented test ranges, civilian payroll, and contractor services. It also provides resources for maintaining and modifying as required Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) assigned test and test support coded aircraft. No acquisition contracts are funded from this program; test support contracts for services and supplies and equipment are predominantly awarded on the basis of full and open competition. This program is in Budget Activity 6, RDT&E Management Support, because this budget activity includes research, development, test, and evaluation efforts and funds to sustain and/or modernize the installations or operations required for general research, development, test and evaluation.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2017
Source ID
0605807F_6_3600_PB_2017
Change Summary Explanation
FY15: $2.468M increase for unscheduled emergency F-15 heavy maintenance. FY16: $9.400M congressional increase. FY17: $5.576M decrease for pricing adjustments; for non-flying/flying spares, aviation fuel, and civilian pay.
Service Agency Name
Air Force

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Jet Engines
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Software Development
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Test Facilities
  • Turbines
  • Weapon Delivery
  • Wind Tunnels

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.

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