2006年12月 试验鉴定保障快速采办

continuedTECHNICAL PAPER ABSTRACTS:Test and Evaluation to Support Rapid Acquisition for the WarfighterRobert L.Laughman,Patrick Swoboda and Patrick A.ThompsonU.S.Army Evaluation Center(AEC)Aberdeen Proving Ground,MarylandThe U.S.Army Evaluation Center(AEC),Aberdeen Proving Ground,Maryland,identifiedthe need to transform the evaluation processes to provide Army and Department of Defensedecision makers,along with warfighters,with accurate and rapid evaluations of materiel.Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom quickened the pace of materiel developmentand acquisition,thereby requiring transformation of the processes for testing and evaluation(T&E)that support those acquisitions.This article briefly sketches those transformations andadditions to the T&E processes by addressing the following factors:the importance of strikinga balance between the need for rapid fielding and the complexity/risk of the item under test;the Army Test and Evaluation Commands(ATECs)and AECs early involvement withmateriel developers;and the ATEC/AEC Rapid T&E process.ITEA JournalTheof Test and EvaluationDecember 2006/January 2007Volume 27,Number 4T&E FORRAPIDACQUISITIONSFEATUREDCAPABILITYNational Count