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INTRODUCTION
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FY 2010
Annual Report
In my rst report to you last year, I discussed four initiatives I was undertaking as Director of Operational Test and
Evaluation. In this Introduction, I describe the progress I have made during the past year in executing those initiatives.
PROGRESS ON INITIATIVES
1. Field new capability rapidly. My rst initiative is to eld new capability rapidly. This has also been the top priority
for the Secretary of Defense. We must get the capabilities needed by our ghting forces to them as quickly as possible.
This initiative remains a challenge. While we want to move technology to the operating forces quickly, we must assure
that the added capability is an improvement and that it does not create added risk in the eld. In this effort, the operational
testers must rely heavily upon the results of developmental testing. This includes the incorporation of eld conditions into
developmental tests and the early assessment and achievement of reliability growth. Here, innovation and teamwork among
the entire test community are essential. My staff continually reviews programs to identify candidates for early elding or
accelerated testing. DOT&E reviewed acquisition programs on DOT&E oversight that have not have started engineering and
manufacturing development. Nearly half of these early programs have had or plan to have some type of realistic operational
assessment in 2010 or 2011 prior to their Milestone B decision.
Rapid elding does not mean we bypass testing. One consequence, however, is that systems can be committed to combat
operations before Initial Operational Test and Evaluation and full-rate production. Under that circumstance, Congress
requires DOT&E to submit Early Fielding Reports. In FY10, DOT&E delivered a report on the Littoral Combat Ship in
compliance with Title 10, Section 2399 of U.S. Code. We submitted another report to the Secretary of Defense concerning
the National Capitol Region Integrated Air Defense System. Early Fielding Reports are also provided to the Services to
support their elding decisions and to the Combatant Commanders to make our joint forces aware of the systems’ capabilities
and limitations. In addition, we are striving to make all our operational test and evaluation reports more readily available to
the end users of the equipment. Our reports are now available through the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC).
We have established points of contact within each Combatant Command, and we have a classied website that is accessible
throughout the DoD. We are exploring other options to ensure the information is provided not only to decision makers but to
the ghting forces as well.
Last year I reported on the successful rapid acquisition of the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Combat Vehicles.
DOT&E played an important role in the success of the MRAP deployment. I delivered my assessment of the test and
evaluation of the MRAP Family of Vehicles to Congress in March. As described in that report, testing revealed a need for
improvements to selected MRAPs; those improvements were developed and implemented rapidly.
DOT&E utilized lessons learned from initial MRAP testing to generate a plan for testing the MRAP All-Terrain Vehicle
(M-ATV). The plan incorporated features to identify and mitigate potential vulnerabilities early in the test program, enabling
the Department to rapidly procure vehicles providing Service members with both the mobility and protection required for
combat operations in Afghanistan.
The Army intends to improve the survivability of the Stryker family of vehicles deployed to Afghanistan by the development
of an improved hull design, referred to as the Double-V Hull (DVH). DOT&E has supported this rapid acquisition with a
test program enabling an assessment of DVH survivability and protection prior to the vehicles’ positioning in Afghanistan
in 2011. The T&E program will compare the performance of the new Double-V design with the baseline, elded Stryker
vehicles to ensure that the new hull design improves survivability afforded to soldiers against under-vehicle Improvised
Explosive Devices, while maintaining other aspects of Stryker effectiveness and suitability, particularly its mobility.
The Joint Test and Evaluation (JT&E) program, established in 1972, continues to provide rapid solutions to operational
problems identied by the joint military community. DOT&E manages the JT&E program and executes it in partnership
with the Combatant Commanders. Products of the program include improved tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs)
and training packages. In addition to seven joint tests, the JT&E program conducted 12 quick reaction tests and two special
