Mission Description and Budget Item Justification: Sustains an objective test capability for technical testing and support to operational testing of DoD materiel, weapons and weapons systems from concept through production within the acquisition cycle at four Major Range and Test Facility Bases: Yuma Proving Ground, AZ; Aberdeen Test Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD; Dugway Proving Ground, UT (through FY 96 only), White Sands Missile Range, NM. This PE also sustains an objective technical test capability at: Aviation Technical Test Center, Fort Rucker AL; Redstone Technical Test Center, Redstone Arsenal, AL; and a capability to provide for integrated test planning plus safety assessment/verification, and to perform test design and evaluation functions for non-major programs. Technical test capabilities at each

test range have been uniquely established, are in place to support independent test and evaluation (T&E) requirements of funded weapons programs, and are required to assure technical performance, adherence to safety requirements, reliability, logistics supportability, and quality of materiel in development and in production. Program funding includes efforts toward leveraging technologies to include procurement of essential equipment, personnel training and facility modernization to support the

warfighter’s testing requirements. It also provides for leverage, integration and use of virtual and synthetic test tools/capabilities for reduction of test costs and program acquisition costs. Current testing capabilities are not duplicated within DoD and represent baseline requirements to assure acceptable risk to the soldier as new technologies emerge into fielded weapons systems. As part of the DoD RELIANCE initiative, the Army (via this PE) has committed at the highest senior service levels to be the lead agency for ground vehicles, gun munitions, electric guns, surface-to-air missiles. This initiative is currently supported by the services Vice Chiefs of Staff in their role as the T&E Board of Directors. This PE finances indirect test operating costs not billable to test customers, replacement of test equipment and test facility modernization projects to maintain current testing capabilities and improvements to safety, environmental protection, efficiency of test operations, and technological advances. This PE does not finance reimbursable costs directly identified to a user of these ranges; these direct costs are borne by materiel developers and project/product managers in accordance with DoD Directive 3200.11. This PE also includes costs to downsize the workforce commensurate with T&E workload reductions. Starting in FY 1997, funding for Project DE92 has been transferred to DoD PE 0605384BP, Chemical and Biological Defense Program. Test and Evaluation operations are required for general research and development; therefore, this PE is appropriate for inclusion in Budget Activity 6.

A. Mission Description and Justification: Sustains an objective test capability for technical testing and support to operational testing of DoD materiel, weapons and weapons systems from concept through production within the acquisition cycle at three Major Range and Test Facility Bases: Yuma Proving Ground, AZ; Aberdeen Test Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD; White Sands Missile Range, NM. This program also sustains an objective technical test capability at: Aviation Technical Test Center, Fort Rucker AL; Redstone Technical Test Center, Redstone Arsenal, AL; and a capability to provide for integrated test planning plus safety assessment/verification. Technical test capabilities at each test range have been uniquely established, are in place to support independent test and evaluation (T&E) requirements of funded weapons programs, and are required to assure technical performance, adherence to safety requirements, reliability, logistics supportability, and quality of materiel in development and in production. Program funding includes efforts toward leveraging technologies to include procurement of essential equipment, personnel training and facility modernization to support the warfighter’s testing requirements. It also provides for leverage, integration and use of virtual and synthetic test tools/capabilities for reduction of test costs and program acquisition costs. Current testing capabilities are not duplicated within DoD and represent baseline requirements to assure acceptable risk to the soldier as new technologies emerge into fielded weapons systems. Program also finances indirect test operating costs not billable to test customers, replacement of test equipment and test facility modernization projects to maintain current testing capabilities and improvements to safety, environmental protection, efficiency of test operations, and technological advances. It also includes costs to downsize the workforce commensurate with T&E workload reductions.

FY 1996 Accomplishments: Project funded under projects DE90, DE91, DE92, DE93, D618, D632 and that portion of D630 which provided for command-wide integrated test planning, safety assessment/verification and test operations.

FY 1997 Planned Program: Project funded under projects DE90, DE91, DE93, D618, D632 and that portion of D630 which provided for command-wide integrated test planning, safety assessment/verification and test operations.

Change Summary Explanation:

A. Mission Description and Justification: Project DE90 Yuma Proving Ground: Yuma Proving Ground (YPG), AZ is DoD’s primary artillery, air delivery and desert test range. Vast tracts of varied desert terrain provide testers with conditions found in the Middle East and other desert areas. YPG’s mission is to plan, conduct, analyze, and report the results of development and other tests of aircraft armament, long-range cannon artillery, air delivery, and mobility systems. Major facilities include an artillery firing range; Army’s only air-to-ground aircraft armament range with precision real-time instrumentation; the Army’s only weapons accuracy range with actual targets for testing direct fire aircraft and weapons; an instrumented air delivery test area; and desert and dust mobility test areas. YPG is designated as the DoD primary test site for electromagnetic/electrothermal gun systems under Project Reliance. Under Reliance, YPG is also designated as the primary site for the conduct of indirect fire gun munitions and a specialty site for land vehicle testing. YPG assumed the full munitions production acceptance testing mission from Jefferson Proving Ground in FY 95 under the Base Realignment and Closure Act (BRAC). Effective with FY 95, YPG assumed management of all extreme natural environment testing (desert, cold weather, and tropic) with no change in physical locations (tropic testing will continue in Panama and cold weather testing in Alaska), but with reduced management and manpower to support streamlined test operations. Cold Regions Test Activity (CRTA), Fort Greeley, AK is the only cold region environmental test center within DoD. This program includes support of development and production acceptance testing to determine the effects of extreme cold weather, wind, and snow on the performance of weapons systems and materiel in full operation and the man/materiel interface as well as the performance of extreme cold weather specific equipment. It also provides for leverage, integration and use of virtual and synthetic test tools/capabilities for reduction of test costs and program acquisition costs.

FY 1998 Planned Program: Project consolidated under project DF30.

FY 1999 Planned Program: Project consolidated under project DF30.

Change Summary Explanation:

Funding : FY 1996 decreased (-2813); (-692) for undistributed Congressional reductions and rescissions; and (-2121) reprogrammed to fund higher priorities. Project consolidated under project DF30 effective FY 1998.

A. Mission Description and Justification: Project DE91 Aberdeen Test Center: Aberdeen Test Center (ATC), formerly known as Combat Systems Test Activity, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD is DoD’s designated lead agency for land vehicle testing and Congressionally mandated live fire testing. Under Project Reliance, ATC is designated as primary test site for land vehicle and direct fire gun munitions testing. ATC is responsible for conducting development tests of weapons and weapon systems; munitions and components; survey and target acquisition equipment; combat, special, and general purpose vehicles and ancillary automotive equipment; combat engineer equipment; and troop support and individual equipment. ATC is the DoD tester for vulnerability/lethality of Army systems. Major facilities include the Munson automotive test courses, firing ranges addressing a wide variety of firing capabilities, cross-country automotive test sites, a unique robotics vehicle test facility, moving target projection facility, live fire evasive target, armor/anti-armor depleted uranium containment facility (Super Box), the elevated rail threat launch facility, underwater test facility for the conduct of tests for surface and subsurface ship structures (Navy support), and a number of special test laboratories. Includes personnel costs to downsize the workforce commensurate with the T&E workload. It also provides for leverage, integration and use of virtual and synthetic test tools/capabilities for reduction of test costs and program acquisition costs.

FY 1998 Planned Program: Funding consolidated under project DF30.

FY 1999 Planned Program: Funding consolidated under project DF30.

Change Summary Explanation: Funding consolidated under project DF30 effective FY 1998.

A. Mission Description and Justification: Project DE92 Dugway Proving Ground: Dugway Proving Ground (DPG), UT, is the DoD designated primary test facility under Project Reliance for Chemical/Biological defense testing. This project provides for maintaining a capability for development, production, and product improvement tests of chemical/biological defense systems and smoke munitions systems; battle field obscurant/smoke testing; and chemical biological defense (CBD) support for DoD agencies and treaty compliance. Effective with FY 1997, this project was transferred to DoD (PE 0605384BP) in accordance with PL 103-160. It also provides, within mission area, for leverage, integration and use of virtual and synthetic test tools/capabilities for reduction test and program acquisition costs.

FY 1997 Planned Program: Project transferred to DoD effective FY 1997.

FY 1998 Planned Program: Project transferred to DoD effective FY 1997.

FY 1999 Planned Program: Project transferred to DoD effective FY 1997

Change Summary Explanation: Funding: Project transferred to DoD PE 0605384BP, Chemical and Biological Defense Program, effective FY 1997

A. Mission Description and Justification: Project DE93 White Sands Missile Range: White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), NM, is the largest, multi-purpose, overland test range within DoD. This project provides for testing of ballistic and guided missiles, air defense systems, and artillery missile systems for all services. It is the DoD designated primary test facility for overland surface-to-air and surface-to-surface missile testing and nuclear effects under Project Reliance. Launch complexes are integrated into a modern, real-time data collection and data reduction processing system. Facilities include optical and calibration laboratories, inertial guidance test facilities, full spectrum nuclear effects facilities (i.e., radiation, thermal, blast, electromagnetic pulse), temperature, shock, vibration, and electromagnetic effects, and a fully landlocked/secure test missile flight facility. WSMR facilities and services are extensively utilized by the Tri-Services, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and other government agencies and includes support to the High Energy Laser Systems Test Facility located at WSMR. Effective FY 95, management of the Electronic Proving Ground (EPG), Fort Huachuca, AZ (DE94) was consolidated under WSMR. EPG is unique within DoD because of the electromagnetically "clean" environment, extensive real estate, low annual rainfall, and special facilities required to perform development tests for communications, command and control, optical/electro-optical, signal intelligence, and electronic warfare equipment and systems. EPG operates an electro-magnetic environment test facility, an unmanned aerial vehicle test facility, antenna pattern measurement facility, Electro-Magnetic Interference (EMI)/Electro-Magnetic Compatibility (EMC)/TEMPEST test facility, communication test facility, outdoor compact antenna range, high frequency test facility, stress loading facility, and an electro-optical systems test facility. The mission of creating, developing, and maintaining data bases at EPG for standard tactical deployment scenarios for electromagnetic capability and vulnerability will be continued. It also provides for leverage, integration and use of virtual and synthetic test tools/capabilities for reduction of test and program costs.

FY 1998 Planned Program: Funding consolidated under project DF30.

FY 1999 Planned Program: Funding consolidated under project DF30.

Change Summary Explanation: Funding consolidated under project DF30 effective FY98.

A. Mission Description and Justification: Project D618 Aviation Technical Test Center: Aviation Technical Test Center (ATTC), Fort Rucker, AL provides a capability for development, production, verification, and materiel change testing of Army aircraft, Aircrew systems/subsystems, and various items of related ground support equipment. Fleet Aircraft Sustainment Testing (FAST) is also conducted to provide continuous reliability/supportability data on new and modified aircraft systems/subsystems. Operates DoD’s only helicopter icing spray capability and low speed, fixed wing cloud physics instrumented aircraft which provide for qualification of helicopters for flight under icing conditions. Also funds the Airborne Engineering Evaluation Support Activity (AEESA) at CECOM which includes night vision research, aircraft modeling, flight support, modification of airframes and installation of night vision systems. It also provides for leverage, integration and use of virtual and synthetic test tools/capabilities for reduction of test and program acquisition costs.

FY 1998 Planned Program: Project not funded in FY 98

Change Summary Explanation: Funding consolidated into project DF30 effective FY 1998.

A. Mission Description and Justification: Project D630 TECOM Test Design and Evaluation: This project provides for independent assessment of over 300 non-major systems. It encompasses design of developmental and initial production assessment plans, test design, and subsequent independent analysis and assessment reports in support of all acquisition milestones to include recommendations for type classification and materiel release of non-major systems. Includes some 125-150 independent assessment plans and reports annually in the areas of munitions, weapons, electronics, communications, electronic warfare training devices, automotive and engineering equipment, bridging, clothing and individual equipment and chemical detection alarms and protection equipment. It also provides for HQ TECOM’s test management, safety assessment/verification and, in FY97, Test Integration functions in support of the Army’s new Integrated T&E process.

FY 1998 Planned Program: Project not funded in FY 98

FY 1999 Planned Program: Project not funded in FY 99

Change Summary Explanation:

Funding: FY 1996 decreased (-882); (-130) undistributed Congressional reductions and rescissions; and (-752) reprogrammed to fund higher priorities.

FY 1998 - The test design and assessment portion of this project (-2371) was realigned to project D699 upon the transfer of the Test Design and Evaluation function to the US Army Operational Test and Evaluation Command. The remaining portion of this project (-2566), which supports HQ TECOM integrated test planning and safety assessment/verification functions, was consolidated into project DF30 effective FY 1998.

FY 1999 - These efforts transferred to projects D699 and DF30 (-5094).

A. Mission Description and Justification: Project D632 Redstone Technical Test Center: Redstone Technical Test Center (RTTC), Redstone Arsenal, AL provides technical test expertise, facilities and capabilities for conduct of research, development, production and post-production testing of missiles, rockets, and low energy/precision guidance lasers. RTTC conducts system level tests on small rockets and missiles and component/subsystem tests for all categories of Army rockets, guided missiles, and associated equipment. RTTC is the Army lightning tester for hazardous/explosive materials. Major capabilities include a) extensive component/subsystem test facilities, b) ranges for flight testing small missiles and evaluating warhead effects, c) rocket motor static test stands, and d) facilities for climatic, vibration, shock, and electromagnetic environmental effects testing. RTTC is the Product Assurance tester for the Army’s Missile Command for repair parts testing and evaluating missile stockpile reliability at storage sites around the world. Through stockpile reliability testing, missile shelf life extension has resulted in cost avoidance greater than $7.9 billion. It also provides for leverage, integration and use of virtual and synthetic test tools/capabilities for reduction of test and program acquisition costs.

FY 1998 Planned Program: Funding consolidated under project DF30.

FY 1999 Planned Program: Funding consolidated under project DF30.

Change Summary Explanation:

Funding: FY 1996 increased (+1554 ) for reprioritization of the Army’s modernization programs and development of the

Virtual Proving Ground. Project consolidated into project DF30, effective FY 1998.

A. Mission Description and Justification: Project D699, Non-Major Systems Test Design and Evaluation: This is not a new start. It is the continuation of the Independent Test Design and Assessment effort previously funded in project D630 and realigned to US Army Operational Test and Evaluation Command (OPTEC) as part of the Army’s consolidation of the materiel evaluation mission. Project D699 provides for independent developmental evaluation of all Army non-major systems. This project supports integrated Army evaluation for decision makers at milestone reviews, includes the development of test design, evaluation plans, and subsequent independent evaluations of all acquisition milestones to include recommendations for type classification and materiel release of non-major systems. Evaluation results will be incorporated into a single Army evaluation and presented at all acquisition milestones.

Change Summary Explanation: Funding: Reflects realignment of the test design and assessment function from project D630.