Introducing the Modern Virtual Test Environment: Reducing Friction in RDT&E
26AERP08_03
8/1/2026
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Federal research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) teams are operating in a data environment that looks nothing like it did a decade ago. Modern systems generate enormous volumes of information across sensor feeds, high-resolution video, telemetry, analytics outputs, and generative AI. Yet as data grows, the speed of insight often slows.
There's a growing gap between the volume of data collected and its effective use in legacy testing environments. At the heart of the issue is coordination. Surveillance and sensing, planning, live experimentation, and post-test analysis are frequently managed in separate systems, teams, and locations, making it difficult to securely integrate and analyze data at speed.
- Citation
- . "Introducing the Modern Virtual Test Environment: Reducing Friction in RDT&E," Mobility Engineering, August 1, 2026.