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6 RECOMMENDATIONS
Pages 94-98

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... Interpret a waiver as reinforcing the need to conduct robust live fire tests of the F-22 that build incrementally from the component level to the subassembly or large assembly levels. (Recommendations to strengthen the current test program appear below.)
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From page 95...
... Consider, in fixture analyses and tests, the kill mechanism that involves dense multiple fragment impacts. Although the Air Force and its contractors have constructed a comprehensive live fire test program, the following specific actions are recommended to strengthen the program as the F-22 proceeds with EMD and initial production.
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... In addition, the committee recommends that the Air Force begin planning for expeditious vulnerability assessment testing of the F-22 similar to Mat being conducted or planned for variants of the Navy's Few. Recommendation Sa.
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... Validate and accredit formally, by the ITCG/AS and the Joint Technical Coordinating Group on Munitions Effectiveness, the vulnerability assessment models used by the Air Force and other services. Recommendation fob.
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