Department of the Army AR 73-1 — Army Regulation AR 73-1 Test and Evaluation Policy Manual PDF Download (EN)

Downloaded from https://www.everyspec.com o Clarifies Test and Evaluation Management Agency responsibilities and procedures regarding the staffing and approval of Test and Evaluation Master Plans (chap 10). This rapid action revision, dated 10 November 2004-- o Implements guidance from: Office of the Chief of Staff memorandum, Subject: Installation Management Agency Organization and Operations Review and Update of Army Publications, 11 May 2004; Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management memorandum, Subject:

Installation Management Agency Organization and Operations Review and Update of Army Publications , 26 July 2004; and Department of the Army General Order 2002-03, 9 July 2002, which-- --Adds the Installation Management Agency under current responsibilities for organizations involved in Test and Evaluation (chap 2). --Clarifies Deputy Under Secretary of the Army (Operations Research) (Army T&E Executive) responsibilities regarding approval of all test-related documentation (chap 2). o Provides current policy guidance to reflect the cancellation of the Long- Range Army Materiel Requirements Plan as a plan (para 4-3c). o Makes administrative changes throughout.

This revision, dated 7 January 2002-- o Implements guidance from Department of Defense Directive (DODD) 5000.1, DOD Instruction 5000.2, DOD Regulation 5000.2-R, and Executive Order 12861 that-- --Incorporates software policy and procedures into the hardware acquisition documents by canceling DODD 8120.1, DOD Instruction 8120.2, DOD Instruction 7920.4, and DOD Manual 7920.2-M and merging their content into the current versions of DODD 5000.1, DODI 5000.2, and DOD 5000.2-R. This new guidance also incorporates software policies and procedures into the normal acquisition regulation by establishing guiding principles for all defense acquisition.

--Specifies mandatory polices and procedures for major acquisition and command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, and information technology (formerly automated information systems) in DOD 5000.2-R. --Institutionalizes Integrated Product Teams incorporated by the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994. o Provides current policy guidance to reflect-- --The consolidation of the U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command and the U.S. Army Operational Test and Evaluation Command into a single, consolidated U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command; --Other organizational changes occurring since publication of the previous version of this regulation.