Analysis of KC-46 Live-Fire Risk Mitigation Program Testing

Abstract

Increased emphasis from the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) over the past few years to include statistical rigor in all testing has brought an augmented look at testing across the Department of Defense. This thesis examines the methodology currently used in live fire testing, particularly in the case of risk mitigation of the KC-46 dry-bay fire test program. The thesis addresses gaps within the methodology and analyzes the results of a statistically rigorous test. The research furthers work on modeling the characterization of ballistic impact flash by validating concurrent models and characterizing the errors prone to these models as a function of time and input factors.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA559174

Entities

People

  • Chad N. Chamberlain

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircrafts
  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Composite Materials
  • Data Science
  • Department Of Defense
  • Experimental Design
  • Impact Flash
  • Incendiary Projectiles
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Statistical Algorithms
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Test Methods
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Economics
  • Fire Suppression Systems Design.