Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMC) will perform DMS Product Testing (DPT) in the Integration and Test
Lab at Manassas, VA. LMC will lead this phase of testing with support from the Joint Interoperability Test
Command (JITC). The DPT tests are used to verify that a product meets its detailed requirements. Software
releases and documentation updates include new functions, Problem Trouble Report (PTR)/Test Incident Report
(TIR) fixes, and commercial technology refreshes by the respective vendors. For each new release, new tests
are developed to exercise the new functional content added to the products. Existing tests are used to
regression test the existing functional test plan of the product.
Government Monitoring and Verification
During the DPT phase, JITC will monitor overall LMC product development and testing to ensure that
deliveries to the government are sufficient to enter Government Developmental Testing. New functionality
is referenced to an XREF number in the Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) database. To provide an
early look at product functionality, test procedures are selected from pre-existing test cases. The
integrator will notify JITC if product functionality improvements correct any PTRs/TIRs and will provide
supporting documentation. The PMO uses PTR/TIR/XREF status to gauge overall development schedule progress
and to identify future test and implementation impacts. Government representatives have full access to
LMC’s PTR database, RTM database, and the government’s TIR database. Government monitors review the status
of all PTRs/TIRs on a weekly basis and provide information on each open PTR/TIR to LMC, the DMS PMO and
JITC testers. The DMS PMO chairs a weekly test coordination meeting to discuss the status of each PTR/TIR.
At each meeting, LMC gives a status on all Field Engineering Notices (FENs) and PTRs/TIRs, and JITC
provides the status of government tests. This process continues until all high priority problems are
resolved and the government accepts the products for Developmental Testing.
