realistic survivability testing
Defined in 1 place of the United States Code.
The term “realistic survivability testing” means, in the case of a covered system (or a covered product improvement program for a covered system), testing for vulnerability of the system in combat by firing munitions likely to be encountered in combat (or munitions with a capability similar to such munitions) at the system configured for combat, with the primary emphasis on testing vulnerability with respect to potential user casualties and taking into equal consideration the susceptibility to attack and combat performance of the system.
Source
- 1994–present10 U.S.C. § 2366Armed Forces · Major systems and munitions programs: survivability testing and lethality testing required before full-scale production · in this section