1.1 Test Plan for Measuring the Minimum Safe Arming Distance Critical Technical Parameter

Test Plan

Introduction:

1.1 Test plan for measuring the minimum safe arming distance Critical Technical Parameter (CTP) for the SRAW. The CTP are the measurable critical system characteristics that, when achieved, enable the attainment of desired operational performance capabilities. They're derived from user capabilities and are normally used in Developmental Test and Evaluation (DT&E). Developmental Test & Evaluation (DT&E) is conducted throughout the acquisition process to assist in engineering design and development and to verify that technical performance specifications have been met. DT&E is planned and monitored by the developing agency and is normally conducted by the contractor. It includes the T&E of components, subsystems, Preplanned Product Improvement (P3I) changes, hardware/software integration, and production qualification testing. It encompasses the use of models, simulations, test beds, and prototypes or full-scale engineering development models of the system.

1.2 Test Objective:

1. Can the system be supported when use during warfighting operations in its intended environment.

2. Can the system be found to be operationally suitable when evaluated during IOT&E without unintended contractor logistics support?

3. Can the developed system have desirable characteristics that reduce the maintenance and supply burdens required to support the system.

4. The purpose for conduction this test is to identify existing project information and the software that should be tested, also to provide mitigating risk, to including data to verify and validate the systems models and simulations.

1.3 Test Scenarios/Sep-up: I would set-up this test in the field, its more space to measure the proper function of the SRAW CTP.

1. First we must understand what the SRAW means:

1. Short Range Anti-Tank Weapon. From the technical perspective, measure for the performance of the components and of the system, which includes reliability/availability/maintainability, producibility; hardware and software performance. Testing for measures of suitability like operable without degradation in all climate and weather conditions and fully man-portable, testing for anything that is not logistics/support related.

1. From an operational perspective it determines the overall operational effectiveness and suitability. The SRAW is an Anti-Tank and can be carried into combat by any Marine, it is also use to defeat tanks and armored vehicles, military use this Tank for firepower, and protection from enemy tanks.

The SRAW should be fired from enclosed positions, with the special tests of the sound pressure level and toxicity. The TEMP describes how test programs evaluations performance parameters that define other variant of the SRAW for the increment. The DT reports are prepared to test agencies.

1.4 Success Criteria:

1. What defines a successful test? Can be used to assess technical progress and system maturity against CTPs and metrics to assess successful completion of a major event or phase of testing.

1. Event failure: Failure to understand the why behind the results in a project delivering something that fails to meet the real needs of the organization.

1. Failure to document the “why” into a succinct and clear vision that can be used to communicate the project’s goal to the organization and as a focal point for planning

1. Event success Are we committed to the customer and their success on the battlefield, and these tests ensure production of a trustworthy and effective solution. Testing can be done in the early phases of the software development life cycle when other modules may not be available for integration a well test may be successful, even if the test article experiences a failure. Design limit sting may push performance to the breaking point and is successful when the test article fails. A test article is successful under test when it performs as predicted. An unsuccessful test is one poorly run, while an unsuccessful test article is one that fails in an unanticipated way.

1. Test Article Configuration: As test article becomes more compels, the evaluations should assess the additional aspects of performance.

1. Test Article and Target Requirements:

Do you need targets? If, so what do they look like?

(1) For the SRAW, moving vehicle, Equipment facilities choppers, auto-guide. Specify the type, number, availability, and schedule for all test targets and expendables, (e.g. targets, weapons, flares, chaff, sonobuoys, smoke generators, countermeasures) required for each phase of testing.

(2) Identify known shortfalls and associated evaluation risks. Include threat targets for LFT&E lethality testing and threat munitions for vulnerability testing.

1. Confidence level: What is the standard CL? Look at the binomial monograph. The TEMP gives you minimum system reliability. With these you can use the binomial monograph to determine the number of trials we must run and the number of failures we can tolerate to demonstrate the minimum system reliability at the confidence level you select.

1. Increase the amount of testing
2. Degree to which the average result is better than the requirement
3. The degree to which the individual test results are tightly grouped around the average
4. The DoD standard for confidence levels to be achieved in most testing is 80%

1. Test Limitations: Given the test plan you have developed, are there any limitations to what you can get from the test that you will need.

(1) Preliminary flight tests shall be conducted with accuracy-configured missiles equipped with a dummy warhead and ballistically matched to the tactical system.

(2) The size, weight, and materials of the components and systems tested during SRAW Technology Development phase will differ somewhat from the eventual production model. Initially, breadboard components will be tested in laboratory and field tests. (Ref: SRAW TEMP)