DOD MANUAL 5000.99
R
EALISTIC FULL SPECTRUM SURVIVABILITY AND LETHALITY
TESTING
Originating Component: Office of the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation
Effective: December 9, 2024
Releasability: Cleared for public release. Available on the Directives Division Website
at https://www.esd.whs.mil/DD/.
Incorporates and Cancels: Director of Operational Test and Evaluation Memorandum, “Cyber
Approved by:
Economic Vulnerability Assessments (CEVA),” January 21, 2015
Directo
r of Operational Test and Evaluation Memorandum, “Operational
Test and Evaluation (OT&E) of Electromagnetic Environmental Effects
(E3) and Spectrum Management”, October 25, 1999
Director of Operational Test and Evaluation Memorandum, “Enterprise
Cloud Adoption – Operational Test Considerations,” October 1, 2018
Director of Operational Test and Evaluation Memorandum, “Procedures
f
or Operational Test and Evaluation of Cybersecurity in Acquisition
Programs,” April 3, 2018
Douglas C. Schmidt, Director of Operatio
nal Test and Evaluation
Purpose: In accordance with the authority in DoD Directive (DoDD) 5141.02 and the policy in DoD
Instruction (DoDI) 5000.98, this issuance implements policy, assigns responsibilities, and provides
procedures for realistic full spectrum survivability and full spectrum lethality testing of DoD systems
and services (referred to in this issuance as “DoD systems”) acquired via the Defense Acquisition
System or via other non-standard acquisition systems.
