Phase II report / Panel on Operational Test Design and Evaluation of the Interim Armored Vehicle, Committee on National Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.) Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Content Provider.

National Academies (U.S.), Content Provider.

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on National Statistics, Content Provider.

National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Operational Test Design and Evaluation of the Interim Armored Vehicle, Content Provider.

Series:

Improved operational testing and evaluation and methods of combining test information for the Stryker family of vehicles and related Army systems

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tanks (Military science)--United States.

Tanks (Military science).

Armored vehicles, Military--United States--Testing.

Armored vehicles, Military.

Armored vehicles, Military--United States--Evaluation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (228 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

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

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786610246663

9780309166676

0309166675

9781280246661

1280246669

9780309528177

0309528178

OCLC:

133168963