1、The ITEA Journal of Test and EvaluationJune/July 2003Volume 24,Number 2continuedTECHNICAL PAPER ABSTRACTS:The T&E/S&T Program:Foundation Technologies for Future Test CapabilitiesWynn AtterburyT&E/S&T Pro g ra m,Office of the Dire c t o r,O p e ra t i onal Test and Evaluation(DO T&E)/Systems and Test
2、 Resourc e s,Wa s h i n g t on,D.C.B o rn in the minds of vision a ries more than 10 years ago,the idea of applying science and tech n o l o gy(S&T)funding to kick-s t a rt test and ev a l u a t i on(T&E)ca p a b i l i ty deve l o pment form a lly became a re a l i ty in Fe b ru a ry2002 for the Dep
3、artment of Defense(DoD),with its T&E/S&T Pro g ra m.Established and seeded ori g i n a llywith on ly$6 mill i on a ye a r,Pro g ram Element 603941D8Z was developed to expedite the tra n s i t i on of tech-nologies from the labora t o ry env i ronment to the T&E com mu n i ty.The pro g ram aims to ac
4、complish this go a lby leve raging applicable re s e a rch from the highly developed tech n o l o gy base in DoD service labora t o ries andtest centers,i n d u s t ry and aca d e m i a.The pro g ram was stru c t u red as a partnership and coll a b o ra t i on between theD i re c t o r,D e fense Res