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Test Resource Management Center outlines plan to modernize test architecture, integrate academic facilities
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Summary
TRMC and DOD witnesses told the House Armed Services Committee they will modernize test and evaluation by integrating data from industry and academia, expanding hypersonic test correlation frameworks and making test points more agile to match rapid operational change.
The Test Resource Management Center told the House Armed Services Committee on Oct. 11 that the Defense Department is reworking its test and evaluation architecture to be more data driven and better integrated with industry and academia.
TRMC leadership said the department is cataloging its national test assets, identifying gaps, and partnering where necessary with federal agencies, industry and universities to fill capability shortfalls. "If I want to take advantage of what's in academia, other tunnels that are in industry, I need to have a strategy to get there," a TRMC official said, citing efforts such as a hypersonic correlation framework.
Members flagged hypersonics and large-scale test integration as priorities. The TRMC witness described a "Hypercore, the Hypersonic Correlation Grama" as central to a "whole nation" approach for sharing wind‑tunnel and other hypersonic data across labs and facilities. Committee members also discussed leveraging university resources such as Notre Dame's Mach‑10 quiet wind tunnel and cooperative test arrangements.
Why it matters: Witnesses told the committee that modern battlefield dynamics and rapid technological change demand test points that can validate capabilities in a shorter cycle and under degraded conditions, such as GNSS‑denied environments. Committee members warned that legacy budget and scheduling processes hamper rapid adoption of new systems.
How TRMC will act: TRMC said it is building common standards and data integration methods so test results from different facilities can be correlated and fed back into development quickly. The witness emphasized agility: test infrastructure must adapt to rapid operational change and absorb battlefield‑driven lessons.
Outstanding questions: Members asked for more detail on how TRMC will measure progress, how it will prioritize national lab and university assets, and how the department will fund rapid upgrades. TRMC witnesses pointed to partnerships with DIU and other innovation organizations as part of the solution.
