A Strategic Defense Initiative Organization Software Testing Initiative
Bill R. Brykczynski, Reginald N. Meeson, Christine Youngblut · Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) · 1990
This paper provides a top-level description of an initiative designed to develop critically needed software testing capabilities prior to a Strategic Defense System (SDS) Milestone II decision. It identifies several SDI software testing requirements and examines the state of the art and practice in this field. Deficiencies were found between needed Strategic Defense System (SDS) capabilities and the expected available technology. Aspects of SDS software testing that should be addressed are described, including the ability to assure the correctness of SDS software, the types of software to be tested, and the ability to perform required testing within cost and schedule constraints. The document contains several detailed example project descriptions, and provides a brief overview of the software testing technology horizon.