Army Evaluation Center
Abstract
This Project provides the resources to operate the Army Evaluation Center (AEC), the Army's independent evaluator for Army Futures Command (AFC) Cross Functional Team (CFT) efforts and all other Army programs (currently over 700 programs in total). AEC is the lead agent to plan, direct, and evaluate all required program testing and is the unbiased and independent authority for reporting on system progress. AEC is the focal point in test strategy development, system safety verification, and data analyses from early developmental consumer tests through operational tests. AEC develops Critical Operational Issues and Criteria (COIC) in conjunction with AFC to narrow the focus of testing to what is essential. AEC reviews system requirements to ensure they do not drive unnecessary testing. AEC provides critical independent assessments on the effectiveness, suitability, and survivability to include cyber and electronic warfare; safety of materiel solutions; and viability of emerging technologies and engineering change proposals in order to support major acquisition/fielding decisions including but not limited to acquisition milestones, materiel changes, and materiel releases. AEC is responsible for all assigned developmental and independent operational evaluation of Army materiel, information and acquisition systems, an inherently governmental mission. This core evaluation mission cannot be reimbursable. AEC must remain independent from the development community. AEC assists the Chief of Staff of the Army decision making process by supporting Army Requirements Oversight Council (AROC) processes as well as supporting the AFC through the CFT concept. AEC evaluates operational effectiveness by determining if the system provides intended benefits to the Force. AEC determines impacts to readiness through Human Systems Integration (HSI), Unit Systems Integration (USI), and Army Systems Integration (ASI), as well as doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership and education, personnel, facilities and policy (DOTMLPF-P) impacts, AEC evaluates ballistics survivability and lethality, adversarial assessments/threat computer network operations, cooperative vulnerability and penetration assessments (CVPA), and electronic warfare (EW) (attack, protection, and support) in support of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2016 Section 1647, establishment of Cybersecurity and Electromagnetic Affects (CEMA). AEC manages, plans, and executes Information Assurance (IA) operational assessments during annual Combatant Command and Army Service exercises in support of the congressionally mandated Office of the Secretary of Defense Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (OSD DOT&E) assessment, and performs the operational test agency (OTA) duties for the Ballistic Missile Defense System. This PE funds direct civilian labor and minimum non-labor requirements to include: Temporary Duty (TDY), personnel training, career development, supplies and equipment, hardware, software, and other external Other Government Agency (OGA) support as well as methodology development required to evaluate emerging technologies and instrumentation requirements. AEC consists of seven directorates (Aviation-Fires Evaluation Directorate; BMD Evaluation Directorate (funded by the MDA); C4ISR Evaluation Directorate; Mounted Systems Evaluation Directorate; Readiness and Analytics Evaluation Directorate (RAED); Soldier Evaluation Directorate; and Survivability Evaluation Directorate) and a lean headquarters element as AEC receives staff services from the ATEC HQ. The AEC primary competencies are: Identify what decision makers need to know; plan and direct test and evaluation strategies; evaluate operational effectiveness, suitability, survivability and safety; and provide senior leadership unbiased advice on Army programs.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2021
- Source ID
- 302_0605716A_6_2040_PB_2021
Related Documents
- Root: Army Evaluation Center
- Child Accomplishment: AEC
- Child Accomplishment: FY 2018 NDAA Section 825 Major Defense Acquisition Program (MDAP) Cost Overrun
- Child Accomplishment: FY 2020 SBIR/STTR Transfer