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Suggested Citation:"Appendix E: Abbreviations and Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. Necessary DoD Range Capabilities to Ensure Operational Superiority of U.S. Defense Systems: Testing for the Future Fight. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26181.
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Abbreviations and Acronyms

ABMS Advanced Battle Management System
ACAT Acquisition Category
ACETEF Air Combat Environment Test and Evaluation Facility
ADAS Assured Development and Operation of Autonomous Systems
AFB Air Force Base
AFOTEC Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center
AFRL Air Force Research Laboratory
AFSS Automated Flight Safety System
AFTC Air Force Test Center
AI artificial intelligence
APG Aberdeen Proving Ground
ARL Army Research Laboratory
ATEC Army Test and Evaluation Command
ATR Atlantic Test Range
BOARD Board on Army Research and Development
C2 command and control
CEC cooperative engagement capability
CFT Cross Functional Teams
CI/CD continuous integration/continuous delivery
CNO Chief of Naval Operations
COCOM Combatant Command
COMOPTEVFOR Commander, Operational Test and Evaluation Force
Suggested Citation:"Appendix E: Abbreviations and Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. Necessary DoD Range Capabilities to Ensure Operational Superiority of U.S. Defense Systems: Testing for the Future Fight. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26181.
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CPP Conservation Partnering Program
CPS cyber-physical systems
CRIIS Common Range Integrated Instrumentation System
CRS Congressional Research Service
CTEIP Central Test and Evaluation Investment Program
DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DAU Defense Acquisition University
DBCRC Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission
DNWR Desert National Wildlife Range
DoD (U.S.) Department of Defense
DOE (U.S.) Department of Energy
DOT&E Director of Operational Test and Evaluation
DT developmental testing
DT&E developmental test and evaluation
EA electronic attack
EGTTR Eastern Gulf Test and Training Range
EM electromagnetic
EO/IR electro-optical and infrared
EW electronic warfare
EWS electronic warfare support
F2T2 find, fix, track, target
F2T2EA find, fix, track, target, engage, assess
GAO Government Accountability Office
GPS Global Positioning System
HITL human-in-the-loop
I&M Investment and Modernization
IMTP Integrated Master Test Plan
IT information technology
JADO Joint All-Domain Operations
JAIC Joint Artificial Intelligence Center
JCIDS Joint Capabilities Integration and Development Systems
JIM Joint Improvement and Modernization
JMETC Joint Mission Environment Test Capability
JROC Joint Requirements Oversight Council
JSE Joint Simulation Environment
JSF Joint Strike Fighter
Suggested Citation:"Appendix E: Abbreviations and Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. Necessary DoD Range Capabilities to Ensure Operational Superiority of U.S. Defense Systems: Testing for the Future Fight. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26181.
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JT&E Joint Test and Evaluation
LVC live, virtual, and constructive
M&S modeling and simulation
MBSE model-based systems engineering
MDA Missile Defense Agency
MDO multi-domain operation
MILCON Military Construction
MRTFB Major Range and Test Facility Base
NASEM National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
NCRC National Cyber Range Complex
NDAA National Defense Authorization Act
NRC National Research Council
NSF National Science Foundation
NSTTR National Space Test and Training Range
NTTR Nevada Test and Training Range
O&M operations and maintenance
ONR Office of Naval Research
OODA observe-orient-decide-act
OSD Office of the Secretary of Defense
OT operational testing
OT&E Operational Test and Evaluation
POM program objective memorandum
R&D Research and Development
R&E Research and Engineering
RDT&E research, development, test, and evaluation
REPI Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative
SDS spectrum dependent systems
SHADE Shared Data Environment
SIL software-in-the-loop
SoS system-of-systems
SRI Sustainable Ranges Initiative
T&E test and evaluation
T&E/S&T Test and Evaluation/Science and Technology
TEL Transporter Erector Launcher
Suggested Citation:"Appendix E: Abbreviations and Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. Necessary DoD Range Capabilities to Ensure Operational Superiority of U.S. Defense Systems: Testing for the Future Fight. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26181.
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TEMP Test and Evaluation Master Plan
TRMC Test Resource Management Center
USSF United States Space Force
WSMR White Sands Missile Range
Suggested Citation:"Appendix E: Abbreviations and Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. Necessary DoD Range Capabilities to Ensure Operational Superiority of U.S. Defense Systems: Testing for the Future Fight. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26181.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix E: Abbreviations and Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. Necessary DoD Range Capabilities to Ensure Operational Superiority of U.S. Defense Systems: Testing for the Future Fight. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26181.
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Rigorous operational testing (OT) of weapon systems procured by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is fundamental to ensuring that these sophisticated systems not only meet their stated requirements, but also perform under realistic operational conditions when faced by determined adversaries employing their own highly capable offensive and defensive weaponry. DoD's test and training range enterprise provides the geography, infrastructure, technology, expertise, processes, and management that make safe, secure, and comprehensive OT possible. The challenges facing the nation's range infrastructure are both increasing and accelerating. Limited test capacity in physical resources and workforce, the age of test infrastructure, the capability to test advanced technologies, and encroachment impact the ability to inform system performance, integrated system performance and the overall pace of testing.

Necessary DoD Range Capabilities to Ensure Operational Superiority of U.S. Defense Systems assesses the physical and technical suitability of DoD test and evaluation ranges, infrastructure, and tools for determining the operational effectiveness, suitability, survivability, and lethality of military systems. This report explores modernization, sustainment, operations, and resource challenges for test and evaluation ranges, and makes recommendations to put the DoD range enterprise on a modernization trajectory to meet the needs of OT in the years ahead.

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