Live Fire Testing of the F-22
Author | : Committee on the Study of Live Fire Survivability Testing of the F-22 Aircraft |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 142 |
Release | : 1995-07-31 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780309588362 |
ISBN-13 | : 0309588367 |
Rating | : 4/5 (367 Downloads) |
Download or read book Live Fire Testing of the F-22 written by Committee on the Study of Live Fire Survivability Testing of the F-22 Aircraft and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1995-07-31 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Live Fire Test Law mandates realistic survivability and lethality testing of covered systems or programs. A provision of the law permits the Secretary of Defense to waive tests if live fire testing would be "unreasonably expensive and impractical." Though no waiver was requested before the F-22 program entered engineering and manufacturing development, the Defense Department later asked that Congress enact legislation to permit a waiver to be granted retroactively. Rather than enact such legislation, Congress requested a study to explore the pros and cons of full-scale, full-up testing for the F-22 aircraft program. The book discusses the origin of testing requirements, evaluates the practicality, affordability, and cost-benefit of live fire tests, and examines the role of testing, modeling, and data bases in vulnerability assessment.