A General Officer Working Group manages the program by reviewing candidates for HTI and making decisions on potential HTI programs. HTI is the preferred method for ensuring interoperability while achieving new or improved capability in weapon system programs. Another useful technique for ensuring and validating interoperability is experimentation. Advanced Technology Demonstrations evaluate the maturity of a technology and assess its potential application to a military need. Since being formed in 1992, Army Battle Labs have provided a mechanism for coordinating concept development, requirement generation, solution development, and operational testing.
Interoperability is a key parameter in developing concepts, requirements, and materiel solutions.
Experimentation provides important insights in this regard. Many of the operational and human factors affecting system characteristics and doctrine do not appear in isolated tests. The full implications, limitations, and strengths of a system emerge only when that system is employed in concert with other systems under demanding conditions. Experimentation is an important tool for assessing the interoperability impact of new systems on existing systems and functional areas. It will integrate distinct Service experiments through a common scenario and provide an opportunity for assessing and improving interoperability.