Special Operations Forces: C-130 Upgrade Plan Could Help Fix Electronic Warfare Deficiencies
NSIAD-99-1
Published: Nov 13, 1998. Publicly Released: Nov 13, 1998.
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Highlights
Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the U.S. Special OperationsCommand's (USSOCOM) acquisition strategy for aircraft electronic warfare systems, focusing on the: (1) fixed-wing C-130 aircraft operated by USSOCOM's Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC); (2) soundness of AFSOC's electronic warfare acquisition strategy; and (3) extent to which AFSOC is correcting deficiencies and maximizing commonality in its electronic warfare systems.
Recommendations
Recommendations for Executive Action
| Agency Affected | Recommendation | Status |
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| Department of Defense | The Secretary of Defense should direct the Secretary of the Air Force in procuring common items for its C-130 avionics modernization, to select items that, where feasible, address USSOCOM's Common Avionic Architecture for Penetration (CAAP) requirements or could be modified by USSOCOM to meet those requirements. |
Closed – Implemented
The Air Force has completed an Avionics Modernization Program Operational Requirements Document and Memorandum of Agreement between itself and the Special Operations Command directing the consolidation of its Avionics Modernization Program and the Special Ops' Common Avionics Architecture for Penetration Program for all common avionics items.
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| Department of Defense | The Secretary of Defense should direct USSOCOM to use any resulting MFP-11 funds budgeted for but not spent on CAAP to address other electronic warfare deficiencies or to expand to the CAAP program to other special operations forces aircraft. |
Closed – Implemented
The Air Force may apply savings from the CAAP program to programs of higher priority than the C-130 electronic warfare deficiencies effort.
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