Improved Operational Testing and Evaluation and Methods of Combining Test Information for the Stryker Family of Vehicles and Related Army Systems

Phase II Report

Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 9780309091022
eISBN Pdf: 9780309528177
eISBN Epub: 9780309166676
Place of publication: United States
Year of digital publication: 2003
Month: December
Pages: 229
DDC: 600
Language: English

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The U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC) is responsible for the operational testing and evaluation of Army systems in development. ATEC

requested that the National Research Council form the Panel on Operational Test Design and Evaluation of the Interim Armored Vehicle (Stryker). The charge to this panel was to explore three issues concerning the IOT plans for the Stryker/SBCT. First, the panel was asked to examine the measures selected to assess the performance and effectiveness of the Stryker/SBCT in comparison both to requirements and to the baseline system. Second, the panel was asked to review the test design for the Stryker/SBCT initial operational test to see whether it is consistent with best practices. Third, the panel was asked to identify the advantages and disadvantages of techniques for combining operational test data with data from other sources and types of use. In a previous report (appended to the current report) the panel presented findings, conclusions, and recommendations pertaining to the first two issues: measures of performance and effectiveness, and test design. In the current report, the panel discusses techniques for combining information.

FrontMatter
Contents
Preface
Executive Summary
1 Introduction to Combining Information
2 Examples of Combining Information
3 Combining Information in Practice
4 Prerequisites for Combining Information
5 Testing Challenges and Opportunities Posed by the Future Combat System
References
Appendixes
Appendix A Further Details Concerning the Bearing Cage Example
Appendix B Technical Details on Combining Information in Estimation: A Treatment of Separate Failure Modes
Appendix C The Rocket Development Program
Appendix D Acronyms and Abbreviations
Phase I Report Operational Test Design and Evaluation of the Interim Armored Vehicle
- Executive Summary
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Test Process
- 3 Test Measures
- 4 Statistical Design
- 5 Data Analysis
- 6 Assessing the IBCT/Stryker Operational Test in a Broad Context
- References
- Appendix A Letter Report of the Panel to the Army Test and Evaluation Command
- Appendix B Force Exchange Ratio, Historical Win Probability, and Winning with Decisive Force
Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff