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integration, test, or evaluation effort shall be procured with RDT&E,N
funds in sufficient numbers to support such effort. Product
improvement to existing off-the-shelf equipment should be funded in
accordance with the guidance contained in this paragraph.
e. Ships and Ship-Type Vehicles
(1) Experimental Ships.
An experimental test bed type of ship or an experimental ship will
be financed by the RDT&E,N appropriation. This includes all
such experimental ships required to support an approved R&D
program or for the purpose of experimenting with new or radical
ship concepts or to demonstrate the military usefulness of new ship
designs, configurations or fabrication techniques, when the shiptype
test vehicle itself can be predicted to be consumed or
expended in testing, or to have little or no operational usefulness in
the force structure. Prototype ships, when designated by the
Secretary of Defense, are included.
(2) Conventional Ships.
A ship of demonstrated, conventional concept and design having a
high probability of military usefulness and inclusion in the force
structure, even though first of a class, will be constructed using
Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy funds. A ship of demonstrated
conventional concept and design temporarily or permanently
assigned from inventory to support R&D effort will be furnished
without reimbursement. However, the cost of providing all R&D
types of equipment or instrumentation, the cost of "non-standard"
modifications of the ship required to make the ship suitable for
R&D support, as well as the cost of any related restoration to
conventional or operational ship conditions upon release from
assignment to R&D, will be financed by the RDT&E,N
appropriation.
f. Information Technology
See par. 075371 for guidance on information technology, automated
information systems, and general purpose communication equipment
and par. 075372 for guidance concerning tactical/strategic information
technology.
g. Joint Test and Evaluation (JT&E)
(1) General.
JT&E refers to test and evaluation conducted jointly by two or
more Department of Defense (DoD) components as directed by the
Director, Strategic and Tactical Systems (OUSD/S&TS) in the
Office of the Secretary of Defense. JT&E is conducted to test and
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