Developmental Test and Evaluation Role in Assessing System Reliability

Abstract

In April 2007, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics [USD (AT&L)] requested the Chairman of the Defense Science Board (DSB) to establish a task force on developmental testing. A subject of concern was that although several initiatives had been implemented within the Department to stress better system engineering practices, recent history shows that poor performance during initial operational test and evaluation (IOT&E) "suggests deficiencies in developmental test & evaluation (DT&E) processes." One specific problem identified was the lack of focus on reliability, availability, and maintainability (RAM) during system design. The Under Secretary requested the DSB address this problem and develop recommendations to improve the Department's DT&E processes. The goal is to identify suitability problems early enough to change the system design while in development versus retrofitting it after it has performed poorly in IOT&E.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA514028

Entities

People

  • Christopher Dipetto

Organizations

  • Office Of The Under Secretary Of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Availability
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Developmental Tests
  • Engineering
  • Information Operations
  • Military Acquisition
  • Performance (Engineering)
  • Reliability
  • Systems Engineering
  • Task Forces
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods
  • Weapon Systems

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • 5G
  • 5G - DoD 5G Program