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Appendix E Glossary and Acronyms
Pages 210-214

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... ; and ACAT IC (milestone decision authority is the DoD Component Head. AFOTEC: Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center AMSAA: Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity Analysis of Alternatives: (formerly Cost and Operational Effectiveness Analysis COLA)
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From page 211...
... DIS: Distributed Interactive Simulation DoD: Department of Defense DOT&E: Director, Operational Test and Evaluation DT&E: Developmental Testing and Evaluation EADSIM: Force-on-Force Air Defense Model EMD: Engineering and Manufacturing Development Evolutionary Procurement: pertains to continuous changes to a system and the associated stage-wise testing and development, so that what is operationally tested is not necessarily what is deployed; particularly relevant to software and software-intensive systems. IDA: Institute for Defense Analyses; a federally funded research and development center established to assist the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the Unified Commands and Defense Agencies in addressing important national security issues, particularly those requiring scientific and technical expertise.
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... : A measure of how well a system performs its function or how well a design characteristic meets an operational requirement. Milestone: One of five steps in the procurement of a weapons system; Milestone 0 is the concept studies approval, Milestone I is the concept demonstration approval, Milestone II is the development approval, Milestone III is the production approval, and Milestone IV is the major modification approval.
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... : pertains to field tests, under realistic conditions, to determine system effectiveness and suitability for use in combat by typical military users; assesses when and where the system will work. OPTEC: Army Operational Test and Evaluation Command OPTEVFOR: Navy Operational Test and Evaluation Force OSD: Office of the Secretary of Defense PA&E: Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation PEO: Program Evaluation Office PM: Program Manager; the "champion" in the Department of Defense of a military system in development.
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  • worldwide federation
  • joint staff
  • evaluation program
  • relevant service

  • related activities
  • field tests
  • provides justification
  • requirements oversight
  • acquisition program

  • dod component
  • military service
  • force operational
  • formerly cost
  • stated operational

  • specific solution
  • evaluation plans
  • five steps
  • requiring scientific
  • conceptual document


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