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Guidance: Defence Test & Evaluation (T&E)

Ministry Of Defence

September 9
14:38 2024

MOD tests and evaluates its military systems to ensure they are safe to operate and fit for purpose. This work requires the use of specialist facilities and test sites in the UK and overseas. MOD is investing in a programme of transformation across the defence enterprise to ensure the way defence conducts T&E is fit for the future.

Accessing Test and Evaluation services

Defence and non-defence users can access some MOD T&E capabilities through a dedicated service called T3E. The Test, Trials, Training and Evaluation (T3E) service operates fifteen MOD land, sea and air ranges and provides a range of specialist test facilities, technical expertise, and support. T3E services are managed on behalf of the MOD by defence contractor QinetiQ.

Further information about T3E ranges, services and how to access them can be found on the T3E website.

Test and Evaluation transformation

To ensure that defence can continue to assure the safety and performance of increasingly complex military systems in a contested and volatile world, MOD has launched the T&E Transformation Programme.

This programme will help drive the adoption of new digital and mobile tools, helping defence users make better use of a blend of data from real world and virtual testing. This will help assure complex military systems and technologies and ensure they reach the front line faster.

To achieve this goal the MODs T&E Transformation Programme will engage across MOD and defence suppliers to consult on a blueprint for the future, make support available for innovators and identify joint enablers. The programme will also shape the requirements for MODs future T&E services, ensuring they are fit for the future.

If you are a defence supplier or partner and want to find out more about T&E Transformation, access research, resources or get involved in designing the future, please contact the programme team.

Future Advantage Through Evaluation (FATE)

We must think beyond evaluation for acceptance and evaluate for advantage, using T&E to unlock the potential of our military systems. This approach covers multiple stakeholders and customers, both internal and external.

FATE provides a foundation for discussion within the UK defence sector upon which to collaboratively develop a vision and roadmap for the future T&E enterprise, setting out how and why T&E is changing and how defence will respond.

Read more about FATE.

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Defence Capability Framework

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Updates to this page

Published 31 January 2024
Last updated 9 September 2024 +show all updates
  1. Added 'Future Advantage Through Evaluation (FATE)'.

  2. Updated 'Related information'.

  3. Webpage updated with information about the MOD Test and Evaluation Programme.

  4. First published.

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