CVN 21 LFT&E
Abstract
This project encompasses Live Fire Test and Evaluation (LFT&E) efforts for the CVN 78 Class. Title 10, US Code, Section 2366, CVN 21 Operational Requirements Document (ORD) and the CVN 78 Class Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP) 1610, prescribe requirements for LFT&E. The purpose of LFT&E is to evaluate covered systems in a realistic combat environment before proceeding beyond low-rate initial production. Since the application of the survivability testing required by 10USC2366 to a CVN 78 Class ship would be unreasonably expensive and impractical, the Secretary of Defense waived the live-fire testing requirement in 2004 and submitted a certification of that determination to Congress. The CVN 21 LFT&E Management Plan details testing, modeling and simulation, and engineering analyses that are being used to determine whether the CVN 78 Class ships will be able to survive and carry out their missions against the threat weapons identified in the Capstone Ship Threat Assessment (CSTA) that are likely to be encountered in combat. The results of these tests and analyses are documented in periodic Vulnerability Assessment Reports (VARs). VAR 3 was completed in the summer of 2007 and VAR 4 is scheduled to be completed in FY 14.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2013
- Source ID
- 4007_0604567N_5_1319_PB_2013
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