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Navy’s Operational Test Force Getting Its Hands Around OA, IT Testing

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Thursday, December 17th, 2009

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As the Navy moves toward open architecture (OA) and looks to upgrade software and hardware at lightning speed, putting those systems through the traditional operational test and evaluation process could create tension as programs are modified to get into the hands of warfighters. But making sure those new and improved technologies give warfighters advanced capability is a role the Navy's Operational Test & Evaluation Force (OPTEVFOR) is meeting head-on, Rear Adm. Dave Dunaway, commander OPTEVFOR (COMOPTEVFOR), told sister publication Defense…

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