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Navy Command and Control: Better Systems Integration and Organizational Structure Are Needed

NSIAD-91-115 Published: Feb 27, 1991. Publicly Released: May 03, 1991.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO assessed the acquisition management of selected data fusion efforts within the Navy Command and Control System to identify data fusion deficiencies and evaluate plans to overcome them.

Recommendations

Recommendations for Executive Action

Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Department of the Navy To minimize system duplication, the Secretary of the Navy should review the organizational management structure to ensure that effective systems engineering and integration is achieved for programs within the Navy Command and Control System.
Closed – Implemented
The Navy has developed a command, control, communications, and intelligence architecture to tie together the command and control processes and guide system development.

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Command control communications systemsData collectionInformation systemsMilitary systems analysisMilitary vesselsNaval procurementProduct evaluationWarning systemsSystems integrationMilitary forces