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Rotary Wing – Live Fire Test and Evaluation Help test, analyze, and evaluate rotary wing aircraft for survivability and recoverability, and to demonstrate that they will work in combat, provide personnel protection, and save lives. The Live Fire Test and Evaluation (LFT&E) team in the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) Operational Evaluation Division (OED) provides independent and objective evaluations of the survivability, lethality, and effectiveness of new or upgraded DoD weapons systems.  Key to this is ensuring that adequate Live Fire Testing (LFT) – firing of actual weapons against production representative targets - is conducted on every major system before it is fielded as mandated by Congress.  Live fire testing is inherently des