Electronic Combat T&E Consolidation Master Plan
Abstract
This Consolidation Master Plan describes the strategy by which DoD EC T&E resources have been, and continue to be, right sized to meet Service requirements without unwarranted duplication. This plan considered all facilities within the Services with significant involvement in EC testing. Of those, several major facilities account for the preponderance of EC testing and have been extensively studied during the T&E Reliance and Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) processes. The plan addresses past, present, and future consolidation actions associated with facilities at 17 separate sites involved in EC T&E. Of these, 11 sites encompass the core EC T&E infrastructure that supports most EC T&E and are the subject of this plan. The remaining six are non-T&E sites with ancillary EC capabilities that exist to support other missions (e.g., Science and Technology (S&T), Training, etc.). They are not part of the core EC T&E infrastructure, and therefore are sites for limited, tightly controlled EC T&E investment (if any). The Consolidation Master Plan outlines plans which will result in a reduction of the core EC T&E infrastructure to five primary test sites (Patuxent River, Edwards AFB, Point Mugu, China Lake, and Aberdeen) and three specialty sites (Holloman AFB, Nellis Range Complex (NRC), and Ft. Huachuca). Reductions have been accomplished via a series of intra and inter-service initiatives under T&E Reliance, and continue through active control of future investments by the T&E Board of Directors (BoD), as well as downsizing in place to continue to match resources to workload. The EC T&E Consolidation Master Plan Roadmap shown depicts the planned progressive reduction of primary and specialty EC T&E sites.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 21, 1996
- Accession Number
- ADA331755