DA 73-1, test and evaluation policy : Army publishes rapid action revision

Defense AT&L, May-June, 2005

The revised Department of the Army (DA) Regulation 73-1; Test and Evaluation Policy, effective Dec. 10, 2004, implements the policies and procedures contained in Department of Defense Directive (DoDD) 3200.11, DoDD 5000.1, DoD Instruction 5000.2, and the Defense Acquisition Guidebook. Specifically, it prescribes implementing policies for the Army's testing and evaluation program. It applies to all systems acquired under the auspices of the DA 70-series, including command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence/information technology.

In addition, the revised regulation also implements the U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command cross-functional teams and the evolutionary materiel development process. It redefines the test and evaluation role of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command and the heightened role of commercial products and practices and commercial and/or nondevelopmental items.

This regulation states implementing policies and responsibilities for conducting test and evaluation and authorizes the procedures in DA Pamphlet 73-1. View the revised regulation on the Army Publishing Directorate Web site at <http://www.usapa.army.mil/usapa_officialsite.htm>.