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Assessing the Physical and Technical Suitability of DoD Test and Evaluation Ranges and Infrastructure

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The Department of Defense operates several ranges across all service branches to test the effectiveness of military systems. The DoD’s Office of Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) has asked the Board on Army Research and Development to assess the physical and technical suitability of the DoD's ranges, infrastructure, and tools used for test and evaluation of military systems' operational effectiveness, suitability, survivability, and lethality across all domains (land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace).

This study is conducted in parallel with a classified study on the operational suitability of DoD ranges, namely their capacity to simulate adversary threats and test future technologies.

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Events

Public Briefing for the Report: Necessary DoD Range Capabilities to Ensure Operational Superiority of U.S. Defense Systems

  • October 13, 2021
  • 11:00 AM - 11:00 AM (EDT)
  • Webcast
  • Past

Department of Defense test ranges are essential for assessing the effectiveness of military systems in realistic operating conditions across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. However, aging range...

Assessing the Physical and Technical Suitability of DoD Test and Evaluation Ranges and Infrastructure (Virtual Site Visit #6)

  • April 13, 2021
  • 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM (EDT)
  • Past

The Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) is an Air Force MRTFB. NTTR provides training, test, and developmental testing area and hosts test operations of the 98th Test Wing and other customers for OT...

Assessing the Physical and Technical Suitability of DoD Test and Evaluation Ranges and Infrastructure (Virtual Site Visit #5)

  • April 7, 2021
  • 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM (EDT)
  • Webcast
  • Past

The Point Mugu Sea Range is a Navy MRTFB selected by the committee because of their electronic warfare testing capabilities. This site visit was conducted virtually on 7 April 2021. Personnel from Poi...

Assessing the Physical and Technical Suitability of DoD Test and Evaluation Ranges and Infrastructure (Virtual Site Visit #4)

  • April 6, 2021
  • 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM (EDT)
  • Past

The Air Force Test Center (AFTC) is overseen by the Air Force Material Command (AFMC) and oversees a broad array of test facilities including the 96th test wing at Eglin AFB, the 412th test wing at Ed...

Assessing the Physical and Technical Suitability of DoD Test and Evaluation Ranges and Infrastructure (Virtual Site Visit #3)

  • March 24, 2021
  • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM (EDT)
  • Past

The National Cyber Range Complex (NCRC) was created as a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) function and is now overseen by the Test Resource Management Center (TRMC). The committee was...
Meetings

Assessing the Physical and Technical Suitability of DoD Test and Evaluation Ranges and Infrastructure (Meeting #4)

  • April 1 - 2, 2021
  • Closed
  • Meeting
  • Past

This was the fourth meeting of the Range Study committee. The committee meeting topics included: A final review of the recommendations Key edits to the report

Assessing the Physical and Technical Suitability of DoD Test and Evaluation Ranges and Infrastructure (Meeting #3)

  • March 4 - 5, 2021
  • Meeting
  • Past

This was the 3rd virtual meeting of the Range Study committee. The committee meeting topics included: Hearing testimony from additional experts and stakeholders Subcommittee briefings on draft findin...

Assessing the Physical and Technical Suitability of DoD Test and Evaluation Ranges and Infrastructure (Meeting 1 Parts 1 and 2)

  • December 4 - 7, 2020
  • Meeting
  • Past

This was the first meeting of the Range Study committee. The committee meeting topics included: An overview of the National Academies policies and procedures Discussion of study statement of task Pot...
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