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Program Overview
Organization
International Participation
Field Activities
Air
Vehicle
Autonomic
Logistics
Propulsion
Air
System
Integration
Air
System
Engineering
Air
System
Requirements
Air
System
Logistics
Air
System
Production
Verification
and Test
International
Operations
Contracts
Business
& Financial Management
Security
Public
Affairs
Legal
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Following the 24 October 2001 Milestone B decision, the F-35
JSFPO Verification and Test (V&T) Integrated Product Team
(IPT) began immediately working with their Lockheed Martin
counterparts to build the most unique and robust test and
evaluation (T&E) approach in acquisition history.
The F-35 T&E program is structured to
provide accurate, timely, and essential information to decision
makers at all levels (JSFPO through DOD) on which decisions
can be made throughout the development cycle. The goal of
F-35 T&E is to evaluate system performance relative to
operational requirements in the intended operational environment.
F-35 T&E will identify deficiencies (technical or operational)
for resolution prior to production and deployment.
The generic phrase "Test and Evaluation"
encompasses a broad range of methods and processes to evaluate
an air system. The F-35 T&E effort is divided into two
areas; Verification and Test (V&T) and Flight Test. V&T
is concerned with a broad range of testing and simulation
as well as the verification, validation and accreditation
of modeling, inspection, simulation and test results. Flight
Test is actually a subset of V&T and serves as the ultimate
air system level verification methodology. Both V&T and
Flight Test areas overlap in terms of methods, responsibilities,
results and products. The Integrated Test Force (ITF) was
developed to plan and execute the flight test portion of the
larger V&T effort. V&T will consist of two basic types;
Developmental Test and Evaluation (DT&E) and Operational
Test and Evaluation (OT&E).
Responsible for Air System Verification
and Test Planning and Execution
- Manages $1.8B Personnel and Operating Budget
- Directs Planning and Execution to Verify Specification
Compliance and Evaluate System Performance
- Leads 200+ Person Joint-Service and International Government
and Contractor Integrated Test Force Team (Buildup to 1500+)
- Oversees Planning for Integrated Test Force Execution
- Plan, provision, execute, analyze, and
report on F-35 flight test - Coordinate test site activities
- China Lake, Edwards, Pax River, Ft Worth
- Test Planning
- Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP)
-Oversee Joint Test Plan planning
- Deficiency Reporting Program
- Chair US and International acceptance working groups
- Develop UK Safety case from US certification effort
- Live Fire Test program
- Orchestrate ITF Security effort
- Lead JSF Government Furnished Property/Equipment team
- JCS Assessment
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