Army Direct Report Headquarters - R&D - MHA

Mission — Army Direct Report Headquarters - R&D - MHA source

This funding line supports testing of Army Transformation Priority Programs. This Program Element (PE) provides funding for the salaries and related personnel benefits for authorized civilian personnel positions that provide for the management functions and the technical direction of the United States (U.S.) Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC) Headquarters mission located at Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), Maryland (Project M65 Army Test and Evaluation Command). It also provides funds for Army Headquarters to study and improve the Sexual Harassment / Assault Response and Prevention program (Project FJ2 Army SHARP RDTE). ATEC plans, conducts and integrates developmental testing, independent operational testing, independent evaluations, and assessments to provide essential information to Soldiers and acquisition decision makers supporting the American Warfighter. Additionally, ATEC provides Direct Support to Army Futures Command (AFC). ATEC provides testing and independent evaluation support to AFC Cross Functional Team (CFT) efforts including risk reduction support to experiments, demonstrations, requirements, research, development, and acquisition. As such, ATEC priorities are aligned to the Army's Transformation priorities. Project M65 includes the following functions: human resources, safety, security, environmental, strategic planning, operations, engineering and logistics, resource management, test capabilities management, policy and standardization, public affairs, legal, Inspector General, Equal Opportunity, and information/technology support for command-wide efforts in support of the developmental, evaluation and operational test missions with technical direction to the Army Evaluation Center (AEC), APG, Maryland; to the Operational Test Command (OTC), Fort Cavazos, Texas which consists of three forward Test Directorates (Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate, Fort Liberty, North Carolina; Air Defense Artillery Test Directorate, Fort Bliss, Texas; and the Fires Test Directorate, Fort Sill, Oklahoma) together with four other Test Directorates (Aviation; Maneuver; Mission Command; Maneuver Support and Sustainment) at Ft Cavazos, Texas; and to the seven Major Range and Test Facility Base (MRTFBs) and one non-MRTFB test range: Aberdeen Test Center (ATC) at APG, Maryland; West Desert Test Center (WDTC) at Dugway Proving Ground (DPG), Utah; Electronic Proving Ground (EPG) at Fort Huachuca, Arizona; White Sands Test Center (WSTC) at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), New Mexico; Yuma Test Center (YTC) at Yuma Proving Ground (YPG), Arizona; Arctic Regions Test Center (ARTC) at Fort Greely, Alaska; and Tropic Regions Test Center (TRTC) at various locations, as well as for Redstone Test Center (RTC) at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. This is the operating budget for ATEC Headquarters, which provides technical direction for the annual execution of over 2,500 developmental tests; over 755 operational events; and over 700 Evaluation and Safety documents supporting Army transformation and other acquisition programs. It also provides funding to address enterprise level operating requirements that support the entire command and its three missions. ATEC's total program averages around $2 billion in direct and reimbursable funding. Project FJ2 provides Army Management Headquarters a critical research capability to improve the Army Sexual Harassment / Assault Response and Prevention (SHARP) program, with a specific focus on prevention. This PE does not finance test facility operations, test instrumentation, or test equipment. The FY 2026 request was reduced by $0.427 million for Advisory and Assistance Services to promote efficiencies and advance the policies of the Administration in alignment with Executive Order 14222, "Implementing the President's Department of Government Efficiency Cost Efficiency Initiative." The FY 2026 request was reduced by $0.337 million for civilian personnel to optimize the workforce in compliance with Executive Order 14210, "Implementing the President's Department of Government Efficiency Workforce Optimization Initiative."

Mission — Army Test and Evaluation Command source

This Project provides funding for the salaries and related personnel benefits for the authorized civilian personnel positions that provide for the management functions and the technical direction of the United States (U.S.) Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC) Headquarters mission located at Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), Maryland. ATEC plans, conducts and integrates developmental testing, independent operational testing, independent evaluations, and assessments to provide essential information to Soldiers and acquisition decision makers supporting the American Warfighter. Additionally, ATEC provides Direct Support to the Army Futures Command (AFC). ATEC provides testing and independent evaluation support to AFC Cross Functional Team (CFT) efforts including risk reduction support to experiments, demonstrations, requirements, research, development, and acquisition. As such, ATEC priorities are aligned to the Army's Transformation priorities. This Project resources the workforce to execute the following functions: human resources, safety, security, environmental, strategic planning, operations, engineering and logistics, resource management, test capabilities management, policy and standardization, public affairs, legal, Inspector General, Equal Opportunity, and information/ technology support for command-wide databases in support of the developmental, evaluation and operational test mission with technical direction to the Army Evaluation Center (AEC), APG, Maryland; to the Operational Test Command (OTC), Fort Cavazos, Texas which consists of three forward Test Directorates (Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate, Fort Liberty, North Carolina; Air Defense Artillery Test Directorate, Fort Bliss, Texas; and the Fires Test Directorate, Fort Sill, Oklahoma) together with four other Test Directorates (Aviation; Maneuver; Mission Command; Maneuver Support and Sustainment) at Ft Cavazos, Texas; and to the seven Major Range and Test Facility Base (MRTFBs) and one non-MRTFB test range: Aberdeen Test Center (ATC) at APG, Maryland; West Desert Test Center (WDTC) at Dugway Proving Ground (DPG), Utah; Electronic Proving Ground (EPG) at Fort Huachuca, Arizona; White Sands Test Center (WSTC) at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), New Mexico; Yuma Test Center (YTC) at Yuma Proving Ground (YPG), Arizona; Arctic Regions Test Center (ARTC) at Fort Greely, Alaska; and Tropic Regions Test Center (TRTC) at various locations, as well as for Redstone Test Center (RTC) at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. This is the operating budget for ATEC Headquarters, which provides technical direction for the annual execution of over 2,500 developmental tests; over 755 operational events; and over 700 Evaluation and Safety documents supporting Army transformation and other acquisition programs. It also provides funding to address enterprise level operating requirements that support the entire command and its three missions. ATEC's total program averages around $2 billion in direct and reimbursable funding.

Mission — Army SHARP RDTE source

Research related to the SHARP program provides a better understanding of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and gender discrimination in the Army, including an improved understanding of vulnerable populations, high-risk locations, and Soldier experiences of SA/SH. Results from this program of research indicate where to target prevention efforts and provide science-informed strategies to reduce/prevent SA/SH/GD. This research challenges stereotypes and ensures the Army can provide tailored prevention and response activities directed at the most prevalent sexual assault, sexual harassment, and gender discrimination behaviors and scenarios. Research funding is required to ensure that Army SHARP is best positioned to address DoD and Service requirements, including recommendations from OSD's Independent Review Commission on Sexual Assault in the Military aimed at reducing sexual assault and sexual harassment in the military. Conducting research to meet these requirements is a necessary step in developing targeted training, prevention, and response activities and ensuring these activities are having the desired effect and impact on the Total Force.

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