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Appendix A: Letter Report of the Panel to the Army Test and Evalution Command
Pages 99-104

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... Appendix A Letter Report of the Pane! to the Army Test and Evaluation Command
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From page 101...
... whether the current operational test design is consistent with state-of-the-art methods in statistical experimental design; and (3) the applicability of models for combining information from testing and field use of related systems and from developmental test results for the Stryker with operational test results for the Stryker.
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From page 102...
... The results of the initial operational test contribute to the Army's decisions of whether and how to employ the Stryker and the IBCT. The panel's first interim report will address in detail factors relating to the effectiveness and performance of the Stryker-equipped IBCT and of the Stryker; effective experimental designs and procedures for testing these forces and their systems under relevant operational conditions, missions, and scenarios; subjective and objective measures of performance and effectiveness for criteria of suitability, force effectiveness, and survivability; and analytical procedures and methods appropriate to assessing whether and why the Strykerequipped IBCT compares well (or not well)
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... Preparation of this straw man TER will help ATEC assess those issues that cannot be informed by the operational tests as currently planned, will expose areas for which needed data is lacking, and will allow appropriate revision of the current operational test plan. The current test design calls for the execution of the IBCT/Stryker vs.
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... 104 IMPROVED OPERATIONAL TESTING AND EVALUATION Bring to you the recommendations in this brief letter in a timely fashion will encourage ATEC to begin drafting a straw man Test Evaluation Report in time to influence operational test activities and to implement the change in test plan to allow the compared forces to undergo testing in the same season. Sincerely yours, Stephen Pollock, Chair Panel on Operational Test Design and Evaluation of the Interim Armored Vehicle
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