The Pentagon's top weapons tester is calling for defense officials to continue to develop an overarching test strategy for the department's information technology operating network, the Joint Information Environment. In his latest annual report released this week, Director of Operational Test and Evaluation J. Michael Gilmore notes that the "JIE effort lacks an overarching systems integration process or program executive organization to manage cost, drive schedule and monitor performance factors." In addition, defense officials have pushed back testing on the...
