Enclosure 5: OT&E • T&E for Reliability Growth • Beginning at MS B…Include reliability growth and growth curves for the whole system and critical sub-systems/components • Growth curves will display planned initial reliability, the allocated requirement, expected reliability test results, and results to date • IOT&E for all programs will use production or production-representative test articles that, at a minimum, will incorporate the same parts and SW items to be used in LRIP articles. • DOT&E will evaluate whether proposed articles are production-representative • DOT&E submits a report to the SECDEF and Congress before programs under DOT&E oversight can proceed beyond LRIP • PMs for all programs may, with lead OTA coordination, elect to perform testing in conjunction with training or joint and operational exercises 44
