What Happened to DT&E?

Abstract

The office now responsible for overseeing developmental test and evaluation (DT&E) was created four decades ago to oversee all test and evaluation (T&E) in the Department of Defense (DoD). In the January February 2014 issue of Defense AT&L magazine, I described David Packard s response to the Blue Ribbon Defense Panel in shaping the original office in the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) responsible for T&E oversight. In this article, I describe the DoD s efforts over the past 40 years to shape T&E oversight organizations to help improve acquisition outcomes. Ultimately, this article is intended to provoke a rethinking of how we, as testers and as members of the acquisition community, can better help programs provide enhanced capabilities to our warfighters in an effective and timely manner. If that is not our top priority, then I think we may be in the wrong business.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2014
Accession Number
ADA608626

Entities

People

  • Steve Hutchison

Organizations

  • Defense Acquisition University

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Developmental Tests
  • Engineering
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Field Tests
  • Law
  • Life Cycles
  • Military Acquisition
  • Production
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • Weapons

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  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.