Evidence limitation

Range success is not operational readiness

Direct limitation

Test success does not establish live deployment, sustainment, current authorization, environmental robustness, or present operation.

Artifact or claim that may be supported

A system may perform well in simulation, a cyber range, or hardware-in-the-loop testing.

What the evidence does not establish

Test success does not establish live deployment, sustainment, current authorization, environmental robustness, or present operation.

Additional evidence required

Demonstration evidence can be marketed as a fielded capability and distort procurement or mission decisions.

Mitigation

Use staged readiness records with exact environment, release, test coverage, defects, residual risk, deployment, uptime, and last verification.

Supporting sources

Related topic

Adversarial Simulation and Test