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 10 USC 2366 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 78 Class LFT&E Management Plan details the testing, modeling and simulation, and engineering analyses that are being used to determine whether CVN 78 Class ships will be able to survive and carry out their missions against the threat weapons identified in the Surface Ship Capstone System Threat Assessment Report (CSTAR) that are likely to be encountered in combat. The results of these tests and analyses are documented in periodic Vulnerability Assessment Reports (VARs). The CVN 78 Class VAR 3 was completed in the summer of 2007 and the CVN 78 Class VAR 4 is scheduled to be completed in FY 18.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2021
- Source ID
- 4007_0604567N_5_1319_PB_2021
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