Joint Test & Evaluation Annual Report.

Abstract

In the office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology, the Director, Test, Systems Engineering and Evaluation manages the Joint Test and Evaluation (hereafter referred to as JT&E) Program, which is a current and long-standing Department of Defense program with the express aim of improving joint operations. Congress initiated the program as a result of a 1972 Presidential Commission, which stated that, at that time, there was no way to conduct test and evaluation in a joint environment. The panel recommended that responsibility for joint testing be vested in the Office of the Secretary of Defense staff dedicated to test and evaluation. The program has subsequently been institutionalized within DoD through regulations, handbooks, and memoranda of agreement. The JT&E Program is not part of the Title X U.S. Code acquisition process; rather, it is complementary to the acquisition process. As systems, people, tactics, techniques, and procedures change, there is a continuous need to evaluate their interrelationships in a realistic, joint military environment. That is the purpose of the JT&E Program.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA365728

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Force
  • Airborne Warning And Control System
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Data Analysis
  • Electronic Countermeasures
  • Employment
  • Laser Target Designators
  • Military Force Levels
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • Precision-Guided Munitions
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • United States Central Command
  • United States Pacific Command
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.