The Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) is the principal official and adviser to the US secretary of defense on operational and live fire test and evaluation activities involving U.S. Department of Defense weapons systems."About DOT&E - Director Bio", http://www.dote.osd.mil/about/gilmorebio.html

Responsibilities The director reports directly to the secretary and deputy secretary of defense, with the following responsibilities: Development and dissemination of Department of Defense operational test and evaluation policy and procedures Review and analysis of operational test and evaluation results for Department of Defense acquisition programs Independent assessments of operational test and evaluation activities as it pertains to budgetary and financial issues for the secretary of defense, the Department of Defense, and the United States Congress Oversight to ensure the adequacy of operational test and evaluation for major Department of Defense acquisition programs and to confirm the operational effectiveness and suitability of the defense systems in combat use

History The director's position was established September 24, 1983, by the Department of Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 1984 (P.L. 98–94), and by Defense Directive 5141.2 of April 2, 1984.

Organization

The Operational Test and Evaluation Directorate of the Office of the Secretary of Defense is organized as follows:

Air Warfare Joint Test and Evaluation Land and Expeditionary Warfare / Integrated Resource Analysis Team/Test and Evaluation Threat Resource Activity (IRAT/TETRA) Live Fire Test and Evaluation Naval Warfare Net Centric and Space Systems

The Director of Operational Test and Evaluation also maintains liaison with the Joint Chiefs of Staff J6 Joint Deployable Analysis Team.

Directors + Director, Operational Test and Evaluation Name Tenure SecDef(s) Served Under President(s) Served Under John E. Krings April 18, 1985 - June 30, 1989 Caspar W. Weinberger Frank C. Carlucci III William H. Taft IV (Acting) Richard B. Cheney Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush Robert C. Duncan November 22, 1989 - January 20, 1993 Richard B. Cheney George H. W. Bush Lee Frame (Acting) January 21, 1993 - September 30, 1994Leslie Aspin, Jr. William J. Perry William Clinton Philip E. Coyle III October 3, 1994 - January 19, 2001 William J. Perry William S. Cohen William Clinton Thomas P. Christie July 17, 2001 - January 31, 2005 Donald H. Rumsfeld George W. Bush David W. Duma (Acting) February 1, 2005 - July 26, 2006 Donald H. Rumsfeld George W. Bush Dr. Charles E. McQueary July 27, 2006 - May 31, 2009 Donald H. Rumsfeld Robert M. Gates George W. Bush Barack Obama David W. Duma (Acting) June 1, 2009 - September 22, 2009 Robert M. Gates Barack ObamaDr. J. Michael Gilmore September 23, 2009 - January 19, 2017 Robert M. Gates Leon Panetta Chuck Hagel Ash Carter Barack Obama David W. Duma (Acting) January 20, 2017 - December 10, 2017 James Mattis Donald Trump Robert Behler December 11, 2017 – January 20, 2021 James Mattis Patrick Shanahan (Acting) Mark Esper Christopher C. Miller (Acting) Donald Trump Dr. Raymond D. O'Toole, Jr. (Acting) January 20, 2021 – December 20, 2021David Norquist (Acting) Lloyd AustinJoe Biden Nickolas Guertin December 20, 2021 – December 20, 2023Lloyd AustinJoe Biden Dr. Raymond D. O'Toole, Jr. (Acting) December 20, 2023 – April 8, 2024Lloyd AustinJoe Biden Dr. Douglas C. Schmidt April 8, 2024 – January 20, 2025Lloyd AustinJoe Biden Dr. Raymond D. O'Toole, Jr. (Acting) January 20, 2025 – May 30, 2025Pete Hegseth Donald Trump Carroll P. (Rick) Quade (Acting) May 30, 2025 – March 23, 2026Pete Hegseth Donald Trump Dr. Amy Henninger March 23, 2026https://www.dote.osd.mil/News/News-Display/Article/4440957/the-honorable-amy-e-henninger-phd-was-sworn-in-as-the-tenth-appointed-director/ – PresentPete Hegseth Donald Trump

See also Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center Joint Deployable Analysis Team Joint Interoperability Test Command Marine Corps Operational Test and Evaluation Activity Office of Naval Research Operational Test and Evaluation Force - U.S. Navy Test and evaluation master plan United States Army Test and Evaluation Command United States Naval Research Laboratory

References

External links

Statement by The Honorable Philip E. Coyle, Director, Operational Test & Evaluation (DOT&E), before the AirLand Subcommittee of the United States Senate Armed Services Committee – Russell Senate Office Building, Room 232A – March 25, 1998