Operational Test & Eval Capability

Abstract

This program is funded under RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST and EVALUATION MANAGEMENT SUPPORT because it supports efforts directed toward sustaining or modernizing facilities and conducting operations required for general research, development, test and evaluation. Headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia, since inception in 1945. OPTEVFOR serves as the Service Operational Test Agency for the Navy, as well as Marine Corps Aviation. In addition to the headquarters element, OPTEVFOR includes a Fleet-scheduling detachment in San Diego, a detachment supporting the Joint Strike Fighter, Joint Operational Test Team at Edwards, Air Force Base (AFB), CA, and a Surface Warfare Division detachment at Dahlgren, VA. There are four Navy and Marine Corps Squadrons that conduct OT&E under the direction of the Commander. Air Test and Evaluation Squadron ONE (VX-1), located at Patuxent River, MD, is under the administrative control of Commander, Naval Air Forces, Atlantic. Air Test and Evaluation Squadron NINE (VX-9), located at China Lake, CA, is under the administrative control of Commander, Naval Air Forces, Pacific. Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron ONE (VMX-1), located at Yuma, AZ is administratively aligned under the Deputy Commandant for Aviation. Marine Helicopter Squadron ONE (HMX-1), located at Quantico, VA, was historically assigned responsibility for United States Marine Corps (USMC) rotary wing OT. Due to the growth of its principal responsibilities for Presidential transport, most OT&E responsibilities have been realigned to other organizations; however, HMX-1 retains responsibility for OT of aircraft assigned for Presidential transport. OPTEVFOR is a competency- and warfare-aligned organization. Rather than a strict Fleet military structure, OPTEVFOR's Warfare Divisions are fully responsible for delivering test documents ready for the Commander's signature and executing and reporting adequate operational test and evaluation (OT&E) for Naval systems and capabilities. They are supported by Competency Divisions, whose job is to ensure the product meets technical requirements, and DoN and the Commander's standards. There are seven warfare divisions and a Joint Strike fighter (JSF) Detachment at Edwards AFB that are supported by competency divisions. The warfare divisions include Undersea Warfare (40), Air Warfare (50), Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) (60), Surface Warfare (70), Expeditionary Warfare and Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) (80), and Advanced Programs (90). Each warfare division has a Navy Captain as the division Director with a senior civil servant as the Deputy or a senior civil servant as the division Director and a Navy Commander as the Deputy. The JSF Detachment manages Navy requirements in test and evaluation of the F-35 and is a member of the Joint Operational Test Team. There are four competency divisions: Policy, Operations and Training (01A), Test Design and Modeling Simulation (01B), Test Planning and Evaluation(01C), and Cybersecurity Testing (01D). In addition, the Technical Director (00TD) supports all divisions on technical aspects of the test products. Other support divisions include the Staff Commanding Officer and Administration (10), Chief Information Officer (CIO) (20), Contracts (01K), and the Comptroller (30).

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2023
Source ID
0605865N_6_1319_PB_2023
Change Summary Explanation
Funding: FY 2023 funding request was reduced by $0.335 million to account for the availability of prior year execution balances. Technical: N/A Schedule: N/A --- FY 2023 funding increase reflects the fact that the FY 2022 President’s Budget request did not include out-year funding.
Service Agency Name
Navy

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Force
  • Control Systems
  • Cyberattacks
  • Cybersecurity
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Information Assurance
  • Information Systems
  • Littoral Combat Ships
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Organizations
  • Naval Operations
  • Navy
  • Network Protocols
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Vulnerability
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.

Technology Areas

  • Cyber
  • Fully Networked C3

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