Military Training Systems Acceptance Test & Evaluation

Inefficiencies, errors, and oversights in current testing processes inflate the time and expense of government acceptance testing and can drive up the overall cost of acquisition of the training devices and delay the ready-for-training-date of the training system. To solve such problems, Virtual Simulation and Training Inc. (VSAT) will develop a standardized and automated approach to acceptance testing. VSAT will use the steps defined by the American Society of Quality. The first step is to define the problem by reviewing and documenting how the Navy’s Tests Process currently works, as well as its interface with the Systems Engineering Process. Next, VSAT will generate alternative solutions by determining a “should be” model for the Test Process and using this target standard as the basis for developing a road map for investigating alternatives. Then, VSAT will evaluate and select alternatives to solve the problems. This will result in an improved, automated, efficient Test Process that more fully realizes the goals and intent of the Systems Engineering Process. The solutions must be acceptable to the Navy and their implementation must not cause other unanticipated problems. Finally, VSAT will work with the Navy to implement these solutions.