Downloaded from https://www.everyspec.com Technical tester The command or agency that plans, conducts, and reports the results of Army development testing on behalf of the command or agency. Technical tests A generic term for testing which gathers technical data during the conduct of development testing, technical feasibility testing, qualification testing, Joint development testing, and contractor or foreign testing. Test agency An organization that conducts development tests or user tests. Test/study/experiments Activities associated with the conduct of tests, studies, and experiments on natural or man-made materiel or on human beings or animals for research projects. Examples:
Preparing for test/study/experiment, performing test/study/experi- ment. Tolerable risk The level of risk associated with a specific hazard below which a hazard does not warrant any expenditure of resources to mitigate. From a legal standpoint it would be considered as a “de minimis” risk, from the Latin phrase “de minimis noncurat lex” meaning “the law does not concern itself with trifles.” Toxic chemicals The EPA uses the term toxic chemical for chemicals whose total emissions or releases must be reported annually by owners and operators of certain facilities that manufacture, process, or otherwise use a listed toxic chemical. The list of toxic chemicals is identified in Title III of SARA.
Toxicity The property possessed by a material that enables it to injure the physiological mechanism of an organism by chemical means, with the maximum effect being incapacitation or death. Toxin Toxic material of biologic origin that has been isolated from the parent organism. The toxic material of plants, animals, or microorganisms.
Training related death A death associated with a noncombat military exercise or training activity that is designed to develop a military member’s physical ability or to maintain or increase individual/collective combat and/or peacekeeping skills, and is due to either an accident or the result of natural causes occurring during or within one hour after any training activity where the exercise or activity could be a contributing factor. This does not apply to Army civilians participating in a wellness program.
Unexploded ordnance (UXO) Ammunition and explosives that have been primed, fused, armed, or otherwise prepared for action and that have been fired, dropped, launched, projected, or placed in such a manner as to constitute a hazard to operations, installations, personnel, or materiel, and remain unexploded by malfunction, by design, or for any other cause. Unexploded ordnance is synonymous for the dud. Unmanned aircraft system (UAS) Powered, aerial vehicles that do not carry human operators, uses aerodynamic forces to provide vehicle lift, can fly autonomously or is remotely operated, can be expendable or recoverable, and can carry a lethal or nonlethal payload.
Ballistic or semiballistic vehicles, cruise missiles, unmanned aircraft rocket or rocket assisted launch, and artillery projectiles are not considered UAS. User test A generic term which encompasses testing which requires the use of user representative user troops and units for early user test and experimentation, force development test and experimentation, innovative tests, concept evaluation pro- gram tests, training effectiveness analysis tests, initial operational test and evaluation, follow-on operational test and evaluation, and Joint user tests.
Volunteers Individuals who serve as unpaid assistants to facilitate the commander’s ability to provide comprehensive, coordinated, 128 AR 385–10 • 23 August 2007