More automation—that's what the pick to lead Pentagon weapons testing wants

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 p