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CTSF supports ‘new wave’ of ASA(ALT) software blocking
FORT HOOD, Texas – A significant
portion of the Central
Technical Support Facility’s
expansive test floor been turned
on and turned over to what is
likely to be the Army’s new way
of designating tactical software
systems.
April 1, 2013 marked the first
day of a CTSF-supported
Interoperability and Integration
Event, I2E, for between 45 and
50 software systems that will be
involved this fall in the very first
Common Operating Environment,
COE, Army Interoperability
Certification test.
The I2E will run, according to
a CTSF Senior ORSA Harold
Nuessen, through Aug. 12.
Nuessen said CTSF test officers
and test operators will run the
I2E in support of Assistant
Secretary of the Army (Acquisition,
Logistics, and Technology),
known as (ASA(ALT)). The COE
I2E operating area is located in
the CTSF’s 12 West test floor.
“It’s actually ASA(ALT)’s event,”
Nuessen said. “We’re supporting
them.”
As of late March, ASA(ALT) was
planning to run the I2E through
Aug. 12. At that time, the test
floor would be “handed back” to
the CTSF, which, in turn, would
begin interoperability certification
testing of the systems
involved in the I2E.
Until recently, ASA(ALT) required
software systems to be tested
and fielded in what were known
as software blocks. ASA(ALT)
officials decided to rethink its
testing and fielding, and came
up with the COE construct.
The CTSF was given the mission
of conducting the first interoperability
certification testing of the
first systems to be included in
the COE construct in what will
be known as COE 1.0.
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By David G. Landmann, CTSF
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