U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC)

Command Overview2019

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Mission, Vision, End State

• Mission*ATEC plans, integrates and conducts developmental testing,

independent operational testing and independent evaluations and assessments to provide essential information to acquisition decision makers and commanders.

• VisionTo be a team of highly skilled test and evaluation professionals

focused on informing equipping decisions for today’s and tomorrow’s warfighter.

• End StateThe Army possesses a versatile mix of adaptable Soldiers and units

equipped with proven materiel based on decisions informed by independent evaluations of technically proficient and versatile developmental and operational tests.

* Under Revision

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Secretary of

Defense

Secretary of the

Army

Operational Test Command

BG Taylor

Army Evaluation Center

Mr. James Cooke

USD (AT&L), DASD (DT&E)

Developmental T&E

Vice Chief of Staff

Director, OTE

Operational T&E

Army Test and Evaluation Command

MG Tyler

Assistant

Secretary of the

Army for AL&T

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Chief of Staff

Direct Reporting Unit

• General Orders No. 13, Signed CSA 16 Oct 06• LAW (Section 139, Title 10, U.S. Code)

– Establish office of Director, Operational Test and Evaluation

– Requires annual report to Congress for oversight systems

• LAW (Section 2366, Title 10, U.S. Code)

– Live Fire Test & Evaluation

• Requires survivability testing of major systems meant to protect their occupants

• Requires lethality testing of munitions

• Requires a LFT&E test report to congressional defense committees

• LAW (Section 2399, Title 10, U.S. Code)

– Defense Appropriations Act

• Requires independent Initial Operational Test & Evaluation (IOTE) before proceeding beyond low-rate initial production (LRIP) for all major defense acquisition programs

• Three qualifications - production or production-like materiel; typical users; realistic conditions

• Limits system contractor involvement in IOTE

• LAW (Section 2400, Title 10, U.S. Code)

– Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP)

• Quantities for IOTE are established by the DOT&E for oversight systems, and by OTAs for others

Independent Reporting

Mandated by US Code,

OMB, and OSD

How We Fit Why We Do It

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Operational Test Agency: Army is the only service which unifies

developmental testing, operational testing, and independent

evaluation under a single Command (ATEC) .

Legend T&E Policy,

Funding, or

Oversight

ATEC Test Centers

DUSA-TE

(T&E Executive)

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Where We Are

Ft GreelyCold Regions Test Center

Ft Huachuca

Ft Hood

Ft SillYuma Proving Ground

Aberdeen ProvingGround

HQ ATEC

Legend

Headquarters

Test Center

Operational Test Dir

PanamaTropic Test Site

AEC

Ft Bliss

Dugway Proving Ground

Electronic Proving Ground

Redstone Arsenal

Ft Bragg

OTC

FY18 Assigned Personnel (8,355)*

481 Military

3,472 Civilians

4,402 Contractors

* as of 31May18AEC – Army Evaluation Center OTC – Operational Test Command

West Desert Test Center

Yuma Test Center

Redstone Test Center

Aberdeen Test Center

White SandsMissile RangeWhite Sands Test Center

x4

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Managed by OSD Test Resource Management Center (TRMC)

Legend:

Army, Navy, AF, Defense Agency

NUWC Keyport (Nanoose

& Dabob ranges)

NAWC-WD China Lake

30th Space Wing

NAWC-WD

Point Mugu

412th Test Wing

Yuma Test Center

Nevada Test and Training Range

Utah Test and Training Range

West Desert Test Center

White Sands Test Center

Electronic Proving Ground

PMRF

U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll

Reagan Test Site

DISA,JITC96th Test Wing (Includes 96th Test Group)

Atlantic Undersea Test

and Evaluation Center

45th Space Wing

Arnold Engineering

Development Complex

Aberdeen Test

Center

DISA

Cold Regions

Test Center

Tropic Regions

Test Center,

various locations

Major Range and Test Facility Base

(MRTFB)

23 DoD Sites; Army-8, Navy-6,

Air Force-7, Defense Agency-2

The DoD MRTFB is comprised of test capabilities across the

DoD test ranges which are considered national assets

NAWC-AD

Patuxent River

*DoDD 3200.11 and DoDI 3200.18

U.S. ARMY REDSTONE TEST CENTER

Command Overview2018

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U.S. Army Redstone Test Center

Provide Technical Expertise, State-of-the-Art Facilities,

and Capabilities to Plan, Execute, and Report the Test

Results on Aviation, Aviation Systems, Missiles, and

Sensors at all levels.

• Component

• Subsystem

• System

• System of Systems

Mission Statement

The “Income Statement”

ContractorCivilianMilitary

27 / 27

302 / 347

948

(On Hand / Authorized)

• Only Army test center that is not a Major Range

and Test Facility Base.

• No centralized funding for civilian pay,

operations and support.

• 100% reimbursable for each test directorate.

Resources

Government

Engineers

Engr Tech

Fac & Log

PPC/Staff

Mil/Pilots

IT

Contractors

Engineers

Engineering

Technicians

Facilities/

Logistics

PPC/Staff

Mechanics/

Laborers

IT

Over 50% of our Workforceis Engineers & Engineering

Technicians

1,350,000

Labor

Hours

Key Programs

Aviation

Testing

Missile

Testing

Sensor

& Other

• HELLFIRE

• Test Sets

• SRP

• Joint Air-to-Ground

Missile

• Javelin

• Precision Fire

Missiles

• Rotary Wing• AH-64E

• UH-60V

• CH-47F

• Fixed Wing• ARL-E

• UAS

• Avn Survivability• CMWS/ATIRCM

• CIRCM • Integrated Base Defense

• Tactical Signals Intel

Payload

• Counter UAS Risk

Reduction

• Active Protection Systems

RTC Must Operate With a

Business Mentality (“Profit vs

Loss”)

As of 30 May 2018

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RTC Unique Capabilities

Aircraft Flight Testing Missiles

Instrumentation Environmental Advanced T&E Methods

• Open Air Sensor Testing

• EO/IR, LASER, Visible,

Hyperspectral and

Acoustic Laboratories

• Captive Carry & Ground

Based Sensor Testing

• Stabilized Electro-Optical Airborne

Instrumentation Platform (SEAIP)

• Aviation and Missile Custom

Instrumentation, Telemetry

and Ground Viewing

➢ Rapid Custom Test

Instrumentation Development to

Support Unique Customer Requirements

• Test Set Design/Build/Field to Support

Systems Life-Cycle Sustainment

➢ Extreme Miniaturization of

Instrumentation/ASIC

• Custom Design/Build TM kits and

FTSs for R&D and Fielded Systems

• Custom Precision TSPI Systems

➢ Internationally Recognized Experts:

Dynamics, Climatics & E3

• Contributing authors:

MIL-STDs, TOPs/ITOPs, STANAGs

• One-of-a-Kind Large Capacity

6DOF Motion Replication

• Unique Acoustic & Vibro-Acoustic Chamber

w/Realistic 6DOF motion

• Over 40 Environmental Chambers

➢ Distributed Test and Modeling & Simulation

• Internationally Recognized Network &

Simulation Architecture Expertise

• Leaders in Live-Virtual-Constructive Distributed

Environment (LVC-DE) for System of System

Testing

➢ Scalable Tactical Emulated Network and LVC-

DE Combine to Support System-of-Systems

Testing in a Realistic Net-Enabled Battlefield

➢ Advanced Materials Analysis of Metallic and

Composite Structures

• Test Pilot School Trained:

✓ 28 XPs (DAC/MIL)

✓ 12 Flight Test Engineers (FTEs)

• Flight Quality and Engine and Aircraft

Performance

➢ Structural and Rotary Dynamics

• Aircraft Survivability

• Aircraft Icing – Natural & Artificial

• Aviation Systems Test & Integration Lab

(AvSTIL)

• Mobile & Fixed TM Ground Stations

• Advanced Optical & Radar

Target Tracking

• Liquid, Solid & Hybrid Rocket

Motor Testing

• Warhead and Small Rocket Testing

• Custom Surveillance Test Vans

• Missile Seeker and AUR

HWIL Facilities

Highly Educated World Renowned Expertise

➢ Indicates Technical

Experimental

Developer Army

Civilian

Sensors

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Flight Test Areas

Delegated Airworthiness Authority

Redstone

Arsenal

Stateline

I-65 East

South