The following is the June 30, 2026, Government Accountability Office report, Weapon Systems Testing: Reorganization of DOD’s ...

The Department of Defense operates several ranges across all service branches to test the effectiveness of military systems in the land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace domains. These ranges and ...

On the occasion of the MCAS Yuma airshow 2026, we had the opportunity to interview the Chief Operational Test Director and Chief Test Pilot of Marine Operational Test & Evaluation Squadron (VMX) 1.

Testing costs too much and takes too long. Guilty. The Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC) is committed to doing better.

An operational test pilot recently flew the B-21 Raider stealth bomber with a developmental test pilot, marking a transition ...

The United States Air Force’s next-generation stealth bomber is hitting unprecedented milestones that defense experts are calling a “paradigm shift” in strategic air power. The B-21 Raider’s recent ...

Lockheed Martin's Sentinel A4 has been cleared for low-rate initial production and will head into developmental testing ahead of an initial operational test and evaluation prior to fielding. (Photo ...

Lt. Col. (Ret) Igor Suhr flew operationally the F-15, MQ-1, MQ-9 and B-2, and after retiring he became the lead B-2 Operational Test Pilot with the 72nd Test and Evaluation Squadron. A local Missouri ...

Many years ago, Dr. Philip E. Coyle III, the long-experienced, former DOD director of operational test and evaluation, cautioned program managers (PMs) about program risk in the new era of ...

The Coast Guard (including its heritage services) have employed boats since the beginning. Boats are just as important, if not more so, than ever.America’s first “boat force” came about in 1878, with ...

No hunter is immune from “buck fever,” that nervous excitement the first time prey is spotted. In the Nevada desert in the late 1970s, the Air Force 4477th Test and Evaluation Squadron — dubbed the ...