ATEC News
ATEC Continuous Evaluation Campaign: Purpose-Driven Learning
By Maj. Gen. Patrick Gaydon and Christopher Barrett
The Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC) is committed to doing better. As the Army moves at speed toward continuous transformation, ATEC is fundamentally changing how we support decisions to deploy new capabilities that defeat emerging threats. The linear, sequential model—contractor testing followed by independent government developmental testing, followed by an independent government operational test, with little feedback before a final summary evaluation report—does not support the Army’s need to exploit emerging technologies, quickly, to field new or improved capabilities.
ATEC Announces Availability of Premier National Test Ranges
The U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC) invites its partners in private industry, academia, and other government agencies to leverage our premier, world-class test and evaluation infrastructure. ATEC’s national test ranges, which are national assets, are available for use by external organizations to support your internal research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) activities.
To support Army transformation, ATEC is streamlining access for industry partners to rapidly leverage these one-of-a-kind facilities and expertise, speeding capability maturation and delivery outside of traditional T&E programs and channels.
ATEC streamlining Safety Release process to accelerate evaluation
By Deirdre Sumpter, Technical Director, U.S. Army Evaluation Center | December 18, 2025
Safety is one of the U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC)’s most critical considerations as it helps Army senior leaders determine whether to provide a piece of equipment to Soldiers. Today, in support of Army transformation, ATEC is significantly streamlining the Safety Release process, combining speed with rigor to help put crucial systems in Soldiers’ hands faster than ever before.
ATEC accelerating Multi-Domain Operations virtual testing capabilities
By Lindsey Grubb | September 16, 2025
In October 2023, the U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC) demonstrated a Multi-Domain Operations Distributed Live, Virtual, Constructive (LVC) Initial Operational Capability across ATEC’s geographically diverse sites on a distributed network. Since that demonstration, ATEC has been maturing its capability by creating even more complex virtual environments, which are critical to ATEC’s digital transformation and the Army’s ability to test and evaluate cutting-edge technologies faster and more efficiently.