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Rack MT – Research, Development, Test & Evaluation
Aisle M — Modernization
Library: Main Page — Professional Development (A) — Defense Enterprise (E) — Force Structure (F) — Modernization (M) — Personnel (P) — Readiness (R) — Special Enterprises (S) — Resource Management (X) — References (Z)
Modernization (M): Acquisition Frameworks (MA) — Capabilities Development (MC) — Defense Industrial Base (MD) — Program Management (MP) — Requirements Development (MR) — Science & Technology (MS) — Research, Development, Test, & Evaluation (MT) — Major Weapons Systems (MW)
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This rack provides resources related to capability development after science and technology (S&T, rack MS) has had its run. RDT&E is the suite of processes and systems that contribute to the eventual production of new weapons systems & equipment.
– Trent Hunton
This shelf provides general resources related to the RDT&E processes and systems. This is a stub — we welcome additional resources.
Faculty Publications:
- None.
Laws, Policies, Memos, and Regulations (sorted by regulation number):
- DoD Instruction 5000.89, Test and Evaluation, November 2020.
- DoD R&E(SP), Department of Defense Research & Engineering Strategic Plan, 2007.
- Defense Acquisition University, Test and Evaluation Management Guide: 5th ed. (2005) | 6th ed. (2014)
Strategies and Reports:
- Ormond, Dale A. (director), Strategic Plan: Enabling Battlefield Dominance Through Technology (Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD: U.S. Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command, 2014).
- RDECOM is now known as Combat Capabilities Development Command.
- Utley, Peter D. (commander). Update 2019 (Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD: U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Center, 2019).
Commentaries (inclusion does not represent endorsement):
- Copeland, Edward J., Thomas H. Holzer, Timonthy J. Eveleigh,and Shahryar Sarkani, “The Effects of System Prototype Demonstrations on Weapon Systems,” Defense ARJ 22, no. 1 (January 2015): 106-134.
- Dougherty, George M., “Promoting Disruptive Military Innovation: Best Practices for DoD Experimentation and Prototyping Programs,” Defense ARJ 25, no. 1 (January 2018): 2-29.
- “Experimentation,” Special Issue of Army AL&T (July-September 2018).
- Hutchison, Steve, “Test and Evaluation: Myths and Misconceptions,” Defense AT&L (January-February 2015): 6-11.
- Mills, Steve and Mark Stewart. “Evaluation Lessons from Live Fire Testing: The F-35 Lightning II-Joint Strike Fighter Program,” Defense AT&L (March-April 2018): 2-5.
- Shaffer, Alan. “Concepts for Change: DoD’s 2014 Research and Engineering Strategy,” Defense AT&L (January-February 2014): 14-18.
Title image credit: U.S. Army Aberdeen Testing Center, public domain.
Modernization (M): Acquisition Frameworks (MA) — Capabilities Development (MC) — Defense Industrial Base (MD) — Program Management (MP) — Requirements Development (MR) — Science & Technology (MS) — Research, Development, Test, & Evaluation (MT) — Major Weapons Systems (MW)
Library: Main Page — Professional Development (A) — Defense Enterprise (E) — Force Structure (F) — Modernization (M) — Personnel (P) — Readiness (R) — Special Enterprises (S) — Resource Management (X) — References (Z)