Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Developmental Test and Evaluation
Abstract
A Defense Science Board (DSB) Task Force on Developmental Test and Evaluation (DT&E) was convened in the summer of 2007 to investigate the causal factors for the high percentage of programs entering Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) in recent years which have been evaluated as both not operationally effective and not operationally suitable. The following are the specific issues which the Task Force was asked to assess: Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) organization, roles, and responsibilities for Test and Evaluation (T&E) oversight. Compare organization, roles, and responsibilities in both DT&E and Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E). Recommend changes that may contribute to improved DT&E oversight, and facilitate integrated T&E; Changes required to establish statutory authority for OSD DT&E oversight. Title 10 United States Code (USC) has an OT&E focus, and does not address OSD authority in oversight of DT&E. Recommend changes to Title 10 or other U.S. statutes that may improve OSD authority in DT&E oversight; Many IOT&E failures have been due to lack of operational suitability. Specific problems have been in the materiel readiness sustainment areas of reliability, maintainability, and availability. Recommend improvements in DT&E process to discover suitability problems earlier, and thus improve likelihood of operational suitability in IOT&E. In recent years, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of systems not meeting suitability requirements during IOT&E. Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (RAM) deficiencies comprise the primary shortfall areas.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 2008
- Accession Number
- ADA485641
Entities
Organizations
- Office Of The Under Secretary Of Defense