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projected to possibly exceed $3.4 million, for a 37 percent cost reduction. Cost avoidance for the 2020 Abrams and Bradley ECP is projected from the provided ROM cost estimate to be more than $4.03 million, for a 22 percent cost reduction.
Te CTS is only one example of how the T&E community is rapidly adjusting, adapting and responding to a constrained environment while remaining compliant with acquisition and T&E policies. Te CTS is a solid plan for capitalizing on early Soldier interaction and feedback in data collection and the con- solidation of T&E requirements within an existing training framework.
Te benefits of CTS to the Army will include eliminating duplicative testing, optimizing the use of dwindling resources available to the test community, reducing T&E time and costs, earlier fielding of equipment with a reduced burden on training resources and the ability to provide better-evaluated equipment to the maneuver force through early identification of opera- tional problems.
For more information, contact
afghan.swa.army.mil,
alicia.j.thomas2.civ@
mail.mil
the authors at
stephen.j.lutsky@ and
michael.p.dillen.civ@
mail.mil; or visit
http://www.atec.army.mil/.
GETTING SOLDIERS INVOLVED EARLY Soldiers guide a Joint Assault Bridge during an emplacement event. In a manner similar to ATEC’s T&E plan for the bridge, test experts will collect and integrate the T&E data required for Abrams and Bradley fighting vehicles into a home station (phase I) event and a CTC (phase II) event based on the need for a large force-on-force environment or complex scenarios. (U.S. Army photo)
of agreement up to two years in advance, updating it periodically to reflect any changes in personnel or requirements intended to reduce risk. Te objective is to structure the CTC rotation in such a way as to satisfy both the training objectives of the unit commander and the evaluation data needs of ATEC.
CONCLUSION ATEC plans to implement the CTS at the start of FY18. Depending upon the selected unit, however, cost savings for the 2018 Stryker Engineering Change Proposal (ECP), using the provided rough-order-of-magnitude (ROM) cost estimate, are
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COL STEPHEN LUTSKY is director of the U.S. Army Evalua- tion Center’s Mounted Systems Evaluation Directorate at Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), MD. He holds an M.A. in administra- tion from Central Michigan University and a B.S. in microbiology from Lock Haven University.
MS. ALICIA THOMAS is executive officer of the U.S. Army
Aberdeen Test Center at APG. She holds an M.S. in program man- agement from the Naval Postgraduate School and a B.S. in textile engineering technology from Southern Polytechnic University. She is Level III certified in test and evaluation.
MR. MICHAEL DILLEN is chief of the Stryker Brigade Combat Team Division, Mounted Systems Evaluation Directorate at APG. He holds an M.S. in technology management from University of Maryland University College and a B.S. in agricultural engineer- ing from Pennsylvania State University. He is Level III certified in test and evaluation, a member of the Army Acquisition Corps and a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.
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