Test and Evaluation Policy
Summary of Change
Responsibilities, page 6
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology) • 2 – 1, page 6
Deputy Under Secretary of the Army • 2 – 2, page 8
Chief Information Officer/G – 6 • 2 – 3, page 9
Director of Army Safety • 2 – 4, page 9
Deputy Chief of Staff, G – 1 • 2 – 5, page 9
Deputy Chief of Staff, G – 2 • 2 – 6, page 9
Deputy Chief of Staff, G – 3/5/7 • 2 – 7, page 10
Deputy Chief of Staff, G – 4 • 2 – 8, page 10
Deputy Chief of Staff, G – 8 • 2 – 9, page 10
Chief of Engineers • 2 – 10, page 11
The Surgeon General • 2 – 11, page 11
Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management • 2 – 12, page 12
Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command • 2 – 13, page 12
Commanding General, U.S. Forces Command • 2 – 14, page 14
Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command • 2 – 15, page 14
Commanding General, U.S. Army Special Operations Command • 2 – 16, page 15
Commanding General, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Com-
mand • 2 – 17, page 15
Commanding General, U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command • 2 – 18, page 15
Commanding General, U.S. Army Cyber Command and Second Army • 2 – 19, page 18
Commanding General, Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command • 2 – 20, page 18
Commanding General, U.S. Army Pacific • 2 – 21, page 18
Commanding General, National Guard Bureau, Army National Guard • 2 – 22, page 18
Commanding General, Office of the Chief Army Reserve • 2 – 23, page 18
Test and Evaluation in Support of Systems Acquisition and Development, page 18
Introduction • 3 – 1, page 18
Test and evaluation relationship to the life cycle model • 3 – 2, page 20
Test and evaluation relationship with the National Environmental Policy Act • 3 – 3, page 20
Test and evaluation in support of personnel protection equipment • 3 – 4, page 21
Test and evaluation in support of system changes • 3 – 5, page 21
Test and evaluation of commercial items and nondevelopmental items • 3 – 6, page 21
Test and evaluation in support of reprocurements • 3 – 7, page 22
Test and evaluation in support of science and technology development and transition • 3 – 8, page 22
Test and evaluation to support materiel release • 3 – 9, page 22
Test and evaluation of multi-Service acquisition programs • 3 – 10, page 22
Test and evaluation in support of the Joint Test and Evaluation Program • 3 – 11, page 23
Test and evaluation in support of nonstandard equipment • 3 – 12, page 23
Test and evaluation in support of accelerated (rapid) acquisition • 3 – 13, page 23
Test and evaluation in support of agile capabilities life cycle process • 3 – 14, page 24
Test and evaluation in support of cyber electromagnetic activities survivability • 3 – 15, page 24
Test and evaluation of offensive cyberspace operations • 3 – 16, page 24
Foreign comparative testing • 3 – 17, page 25
Test and evaluation of radiation protection factor • 3 – 18, page 25
Developmental Testing, page 25
Introduction • 4 – 1, page 25
Types of developmental tests • 4 – 2, page 25
Pre-full-rate production and/or full deployment testing—common to all hardware and software-intensive sys-
tems • 4 – 3, page 26
Post-full-rate production and/or deployment testing—common to all hardware and software-intensive sys-
tems • 4 – 4, page 30
TOCTable of Contents
Chapter 1Introduction
Chapter 2Responsibilities
Chapter 3Test and Evaluation in Support of Systems Acquisition and Development
Chapter 4Developmental Testing
Chapter 5Operational Testing
Chapter 6System Evaluation
Chapter 7Other Test and Evaluation Considerations
Chapter 8Test and Evaluation Working-Level Integrated Product Team
Chapter 9Test Schedule and Review Committee
Chapter 10Test and Evaluation Review and Reporting Requirements
Chapter 11Test and Evaluation Budget and Financial Considerations
Appendix AReferences
Appendix BKey Functional Area Roles and Duties for Test and Evaluation
Appendix CInternal Control Evaluation Process for Test and Evaluation of Defense Acquisition
Programs at Milestone Decision Reviews
