2014DOTEAnnualReport

FY14 IntroductionSummarySince my first report to you in 2009, we have made progress increasing the scientific and statistical rigor of operationalT&E; there is much work to be done, however, since the Department’s test design and analysis capabilities lag behind thestate of the practice. Additionally, we have focused attention on reliability design and growth testing, and in improvingcybersecurity operational testing. Operational testing continues to be essential to characterize system effectiveness in combatso well-informed acquisition and development decisions can be made, and men and women in combat understand what theirequipment and weapons systems can and cannot do. I submit this report, as required by law, summarizing the operational andlive fire T&E activities of the DOD during Fiscal Year 2014.J. Michael GilmoreDirectorxi