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Been There, Done That Preparation for Operational Testing

Many years ago, Dr. Philip E. Coyle III, the long-experienced, former DOD director of operational test and evaluation, cautioned program managers (PMs) about program risk in the new era of ...
The Aviationist

USAF Puts MH-139A Grey Wolf Through Nuclear Missile Base Guarding Drills in Initial Operational Tests

The testing involved two UH-1N Hueys from the 40th Helicopter Squadron (40th HS) and two MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopters from the 550th HS in the IOT&E. The trials assessed “the system’s operational ...
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U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground hosts Javelin missile operational test

From tanks and armored vehicles in the invasion of Iraq to fortified insurgent bunkers in Afghanistan, American adversaries have felt the deadly power of the FGM-148 Javelin missile for more than two ...
USNI

Pentagon’s Director, Operational Test & Evaluation 2024 Annual Report

U.S. military Service members deserve to be equipped with combat-credible systems that meet the demands of today’s evolving threats and tomorrow’s unpredictable challenges. In a rapidly changing ...
Jane's Information Group

F-35 suffers continued developmental and in-service reliability problems, says Pentagon test director

The Lockheed Martin F-35 continues to suffer from reliability issues both in service and in testing, the US Department of Defense's (DoD's) Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E), wrote in ...
USNI

Pentagon’s Director, Operational Test & Evaluation 2023 Annual Report

In 2023 this office celebrated 40 years of service to the Department of Defense and Congress. While we honor our past, we are continuing our efforts to meet our strategic intent to transform test and ...