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FY2011 Annual Report for the Office of the Director, Operational Test & Evaluation

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Department of Defense (DoD) Office of the Director, Operational Test & Evaluation Fiscal 2011 Annual Report, Dr. J. Michael Gilmore

  • “In my report to you last year, I discussed four initiatives that I am undertaking as Director, Operational Test and Evaluation: field new capability rapidly; engage early to improve requirements; integrate developmental, live fire, and operational testing; and substantially improve suitability before initial operational test and evaluation (IOT&E). In this Introduction, I report on the progress made implementing these initiatives, discussing several success stories as well as areas requiring additional effort. I will first discuss key issues causing program delays in defense acquisition and the marginal cost of operational testing. I will also include a discussion of operational test and evaluation (OT&E) interest areas, as well as a summary of my monitoring and reporting activities on OT&E. Additionally, I have included a new discussion in the Activity and Oversight chapter of this annual report containing my assessment of significant issues observed in operational testing of systems under my oversight in 2010-2011. These issues, in my view, should have been discovered and resolved prior to the commencement of operational testing. This new section also provides my identification of significant issues observed in early testing of systems during 2010-2011 that, if not corrected, could adversely affect my assessment of those systems’ effectiveness, suitability, and survivability during IOT&E.”
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