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Director, Operational Test and Evaluation

The Director, Operational Test and Evaluation(DOT&E) is the principal staff assistant and adviser to the Secretary of Defense (SecDef) on operational and live fire test and evaluation (OT&E) activities involving U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) weapons systems.

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Responsibilities

The DOT&E is a direct report to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense, with the following responsibilities:

  • Development and dissemination of DoD OT&E policy and procedures
  • Review and analysis of OT&E results for DoD acquisition programs
  • Independent assessments of OT&E activities as it pertains to budgetary and financial issues for the SecDef, the USD(AT&L), and the United States Congress
  • Oversight to ensure the adequacy of OT&E for major DoD acquisition programs and to confirm the operational effectiveness and suitability of the defense systems in combat use

    • History

    The DOT&E was established September 24, 1983, by the DoD Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 1984 (P.L. 98-94), and by Defense Directive 5141.2 of April 2, 1984.

    The Operational Test & Evaluation Directorate (DOT&E) of the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) s organized as follows:

  • Air Warfare Joint Test & Evaluation (JT&E)
  • Land and Expeditionary Warfare / Integrated Resource Analysis Team/Test and Evaluation Threat Resource Activity (IRAT/TETRA)
  • Live Fire Test and Evaluation (T&E)
  • Naval Warfare
  • Net Centric and Space Systems

    • DOT&E also maintains liaison with the Joint Chiefs of Staff J6 Joint Deployable Analysis Team (JDAT).

    References

    Director, Operational Test and Evaluation Wikipedia
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