More automation—that's what the pick to lead Pentagon weapons testing wants
Meanwhile, the comptroller nominee described the conditions needed for a clean audit.
Lauren C. Williams | July 31, 2025 05:16 PM ET
The White House’s pick to lead the Pentagon’s weapons testing wants “automation everywhere” —but not at the expense of live testing.
“I will press for speed and automation everywhere I possibly can caution whenever necessary, and clarity always,” Amy Henninger, who is nominated to be the Pentagon’s director of operational test and evaluation, told senators Thursday.
At the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, senators also grilled Michael Powers, the White House’s pick to be defense comptroller.
Henniger suggested using more automation, “more digital methods, digital modeling to speed and facilitate our test and evaluation processes.”
“The T&E oversight portfolio now is software-centric. The systems on it are software-enabled and software-defined and there's only five to 10 percent that is only hardware. We have been evolving an old process trying to make it work,” Henninger said. “We can only surge with more manpower. And I would suggest that using more software to automate software testing is where we need to go.”
But that won’t replace live testing,
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