What project 804 buys
The Development Test & Evaluation (DT&E) project 804 provides resources to support Major Defense Acquisition Program (MDAP) and Rapid Prototyping/Fielding Program Managers, Chief Developmental Testers, and Lead DT&E Organizations in the development of comprehensive, efficient, and innovative DT&E strategies/plans to support key acquisition milestones and engineering decisions. This project also supports the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering (OUSW(R&E)) to manage the Test & Evaluation (T&E) career field and curriculum for the Department of War (DoW) acquisition workforce and develop policy and guidance for the conduct of DT&E within DoW. On behalf of the USW(R&E) this project executes the following activities: - Support acquisition programs in the development of comprehensive, efficient, and innovative test strategies that can be documented in Test and Evaluation Master Plans (TEMPs). For Acquisition Category (ACAT) ID programs, review and approve/disapprove the DT&E strategy/plans within the TEMP. For ACAT IB and IC programs, review the DT&E strategy/plans within the TEMP and provide a recommendation to the Service Milestone Decision Authority as to whether or not the strategy is adequate. - Support rapid prototyping, rapid fielding, and technology demonstrations efforts in the development of tailored comprehensive, efficient, and innovative DT&E strategies/plans. - For ACAT ID programs, provide independent DT&E Sufficiency Assessments to the Defense Acquisition Executive at the Milestone B and C decisions with the goal of reducing discovery of performance issues later in the acquisition lifecycle when deficiencies are more costly to correct. - For ACAT IB and IC programs, provide an independent DT&E program assessment to the Service Milestone Decision Authority prior to the development Request for Proposal (RFP) release decision point and at the Milestone B and C decisions with the goal of reducing discovery of performance issues later in the acquisition lifecycle when deficiencies are more costly to correct. - When requested by the Secretary or Deputy Secretary of War, provide independent developmental test assessments in support of Under Secretary of War for Acquisition and Sustainment (USW(A&S)) and Service Major Defense Acquisition Programs.
Project 804 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 19.9 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 19.9 |
| FY2027 | Request | 19.1 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 19.4 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 19.7 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 20.2 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 19.9 |
1 accomplishment / planned program
The R-2A exhibit — the only level of the budget that describes work that has not happened yet. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only, no five-year plan. Each describes FY2027 work in enough detail to have its own page; the rest are shown here in full. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
- Continue to work with Acquisition Program Managers, Chief Developmental Testers, and Lead Development Test and Evaluation (DT&E) organizations to improve DT&E planning and develop comprehensive and efficient DT&E strategies/plans through the use of disciplined Developmental Evaluation Framework matrices and Scientific Test and Analysis…
Read the FY2027 plan →