An operational test pilot recently flew the B-21 Raider stealth bomber with a developmental test pilot, marking a transition in a combined DT/OT environment and reflecting urgency. The U.S. Air Force ...

The United States Air Force’s next-generation stealth bomber is hitting unprecedented milestones that defense experts are calling a “paradigm shift” in strategic air power. The B-21 Raider’s recent ...

The following is the Jan. 15 2026, Government Accountability Office report, Navy Shipbuilding: Improving Warfighter Engagement and Tools for Operational Testing Could Increase Timeliness and ...

Serving as a significant component of the committee’s information-gathering efforts, from March through May 2021, a subset of committee members conducted in-person and virtual informational site ...

In another illustration of how defense programs are being fast-tracked, the US Air Force has, for the first time, placed an operational pilot alongside a test pilot early in the flight-testing program ...

On the occasion of the MCAS Yuma airshow 2026, we had the opportunity to interview the Chief Operational Test Director and Chief Test Pilot of Marine Operational Test & Evaluation Squadron (VMX) 1.

To assist the Navy’s Commander Operational Test and Evaluation Force (COMOPTEVFOR) program with effective planning, conducting and reporting of operational test and evaluation tasks, Alion Science and ...

Douglas Schmidt, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Computer Science, has been confirmed to become Director of Operational Test and Evaluation for the Department of Defense following a full vote by the ...

The Coast Guard (including its heritage services) have employed boats since the beginning. Boats are just as important, if not more so, than ever.America’s first “boat force” came about in 1878, with ...

Delivering new systems into the field as quickly as possible should be one of the main goals of the Department of Defense (DoD) test and evaluation (T&E) system, but that speed should not come at the ...