Director, Operational Test and Evaluation

Director, Operational Test & Evaluation (DOT&E) Official Seal

The Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) is the principal staff assistant and adviser to the US Secretary of Defense on operational and live fire test and evaluation (OT&E) activities involving U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) weapons systems.^[1]

Responsibilities

The DOT&E is a direct report to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense, with the following responsibilities:

Development and dissemination of DoD OT&E policy and procedures
Review and analysis of OT&E results for DoD acquisition programs
Independent assessments of OT&E activities as it pertains to budgetary and financial issues for the SecDef, the USD(AT&L), and the United States Congress
Oversight to ensure the adequacy of OT&E for major DoD acquisition programs and to confirm the operational effectiveness and suitability of the defense systems in combat use

History

The DOT&E was established September 24, 1983, by the DoD Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 1984 (P.L. 98-94), and by Defense Directive 5141.2 of April 2, 1984.

Organization

The Operational Test & Evaluation Directorate (DOT&E) of the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) s organized as follows:

Air Warfare Joint Test & Evaluation (JT&E)
Land and Expeditionary Warfare / Integrated Resource Analysis Team/Test and Evaluation Threat Resource Activity (IRAT/TETRA)
Live Fire Test and Evaluation (T&E)
Naval Warfare
Net Centric and Space Systems

DOT&E also maintains liaison with the Joint Chiefs of Staff J6 Joint Deployable Analysis Team (JDAT).^[2]

Directors

Director, Operational Test and Evaluation^[3]^[4]
Name	Tenure	SecDef(s) Served Under	President(s) Served Under
John E. Krings	April 18, 1985 - June 30, 1989	Caspar W. Weinberger Frank C. Carlucci III William H. Taft IV (Acting) Richard B. Cheney	Ronald Reagan George Bush
Robert C. Duncan	November 22, 1989 - January 20, 1993	Richard B. Cheney	George H. W. Bush
Lee Frame (Acting)	January 21, 1993 - September 30, 1994	Leslie Aspin, Jr. William J. Perry	William Clinton
Philip E. Coyle III	October 3, 1994 - January 19, 2001	William J. Perry William S. Cohen	William Clinton
Thomas P. Christie	July 17, 2001 - January 31, 2005	Donald H. Rumsfeld	George W. Bush
David W. Duma (Acting)	February 1, 2005 - July 26, 2006	Donald H. Rumsfeld	George W. Bush
Dr. Charles E. McQueary	July 27, 2006 - May 31, 2009	Donald H. Rumsfeld Robert M. Gates	George W. Bush Barack Obama
David W. Duma (Acting)	June 1, 2009 - September 22, 2009	Robert M. Gates	Barack Obama
Dr. J. Michael Gilmore	September 23, 2009 - January 19, 2017	Robert M. Gates Leon Panetta Chuck Hagel Ash Carter	Barack Obama
David W. Duma (Acting)	January 20, 2017 - December 11, 2017	James Mattis	Donald Trump
Robert Behler	December 11, 2017 - Present	James Mattis	Donald Trump

References

^ "About DOT&E - Director Bio", http://www.dote.osd.mil/about/gilmorebio.html
^ http://www.eglin.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=7244
^ "Department of Defense Key Officials" (PDF). Historical Office, OSD. 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-02-01. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ http://www.dote.osd.mil/about/dirs.html

External links

Official website
Statement by The Honorable Philip E. Coyle, Director, Operational Test & Evaluation (DOT&E), before the AirLand Subcommittee of the United States Senate Armed Services Committee – Russell Senate Office Building, Room 232A – March 25, 1998

[1] "About DOT&E - Director Bio", http://www.dote.osd.mil/about/gilmorebio.html

[2] ttp://www.eglin.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=7244

[3] "Department of Defense Key Officials" (PDF). Historical Office, OSD. 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-02-01. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[4] ttp://www.dote.osd.mil/about/dirs.html

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