Building More Survivable Defense Systems and More Effective Weapons: A Short Course on LFT&E - Summer 2021

• A brief history of LFT&E legislation
• Joint Live Fire Program
• LFT&E candidacy
• Preparation of Live Fire Test strategy and evaluation plans in the context of the Test and Evaluation Master Plans (TEMPs) 
• The role of modeling and simulation in LFT&E
• Pre-test predictions and test assessment
• Congressional and DoD reporting requirements
• The role of the LFT&E waiver from full-up system-level testing (including its purpose, implementation, and historical precedents)
• The role of battle damage and repair in LFT&E
• Test article realism
• LFT&E test facilities

Air, land, and sea system vulnerability and lethality for both conventional and unconventional weapons will be discussed. Heavy emphasis will be placed on LFT&E lessons learned and common misunderstandings regarding LFT&E program execution. The course includes lectures, class discussion, photos, hardware demonstrations, video clips of LFT&E events, group discussions, and exercises.  A realistic case study is also included to enable class groups to apply the concepts presented. Ample time will also permit productive give-and-take between students and instructor. This course has been updated to reflect recent congressional impact on the reorganization and reporting of LFT&E.

• Lessons learned from live fire testing the survivability and lethality of air, land, and sea systems to achieve better survivability design, increased weapons lethality, casualty reduction, battle damage repair, M&S adequacy, LFT&E strategy preparation, assessment of both ballistic and non-ballistic weapons effects (lasers, RF, DEW, cyber, AI, etc.).  
• A new 2021 LFT&E system oversight list and Pentagon and IDA points of contact
• A full 450-page updated syllabus distributed to each student
• A hardcopy textbook on aircraft survivability
• A hardcopy textbook on ground combat system vulnerability analysis
• An 800-page book on lessons learned from the 130+ systems already completing LFT&E
• More than 30 short videos of various LFT&E testing
• 2.4 CEUs awarded by INCOSE to students who successfully complete this unique training

The course is designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of LFT&E requirements and conduct to military and civilian personnel involved in defense acquisition, PMs, and contractors involved in weapon-system design and manufacture. Also benefitting:

• Professionals conducting and overseeing T&E and funding of acquisition programs
• Military and civilians assessing vulnerability, lethality, and survivability of defense programs
• PMs, analysts, and engineers responsible for system RDT&E by government agencies
• Engineering centers and R&D labs
• Defense industry, academia, and test facility managers

Mr. Jim O'Bryon has been involved with DoD testing for over 35 years.  He has a B.S. in mathematics from The King’s College, an M.S. in OR/SA from George Washington University, and an M.S. in electrical engineering from MIT.  His experience includes aeroballistics and weapons effects at the U.S. Army Ballistics Research Laboratory, the Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity (where he served as Chief of the Survivability Branch), and in the JTCG/ME Office. From 1986 to 2001, Jim served in senior positions at OSD, including Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense/Live Fire Testing; Director, Live Fire Testing; Director, Weapon Systems Assessment; and Deputy Director, and OT&E/Live Fire Testing.  He has testified before Congress on several occasions and authored numerous technical publications and over 70 open-literature articles on T&E, survivability, M&S, and related topics.  Jim chaired the NDIA T&E Division for 21 years and currently serves as a consultant for several clients and a Distinguished Lecturer at DAU, ICAF, DSAM, UT, and the Naval Postgraduate School.

Seats are limited and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis; registration and payment must be submitted before 8 September 2020. Registration is not complete until we have received payment. Your course registration will be confirmed after receipt of payment. Please contact us if you have not received confirmation within 10 working days following payment of course tuition.

For questions regarding payment, please contact:

Marie Simons 
Phone: 410-273-7722, x211
Email: marie.simons [at] survice.com

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Payment is non‐refundable for failure to attend without notification at least 10 working days prior to start of course.