C3 driver: meeting the software testing challenges of the army battle command system (ABCS) and beyond

摘要

In January 2001, the Deputy Under Secretary of the Army for Operations Research, together with the Army's Military Deputy for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology and the Army's Chief Information Officer approved the implementation of a program to provide a standard Army Command, Control and Communications (C3) Driver for developers, testers and trainers. The U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command, Alexandria, Virginia, executes executive-level management of the program in close collaboration with the Program Executive Office for Simulation Training and Instrumentation, Orlando, Florida; Program Executive Office Command, Control and Communications- Tactical, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey; and US. Army Training and Doctrine Command Analysis Center Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. The program succesfully completed the first of three phases in November 2001. This paper addresses the progress and challenges of the program in Phase II.