Army Battlefield Automation: Oversight Needed to Assure Integrated System
IMTEC-90-78
Published: Jul 24, 1990. Publicly Released: Aug 23, 1990.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the status of the technical and integration challenges that the Army will confront when it integrates five battlefield command and control systems and three communications systems into the Army Tactical Command and Control System (ATCCS).
Recommendations
Recommendations for Executive Action
| Agency Affected | Recommendation | Status |
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| Department of Defense | To reduce the risks associated with the complex, technically challenging, and expensive task of integrating the five command and control systems and the three communications systems, the Secretary of Defense should require the Defense Acquisition Board (DAB) to oversee the overall ATCCS program. |
Closed – Implemented
The C3I Committee reviewed ATCCS and will continue to review it separately each year.
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| Department of Defense | The Secretary of Defense should require that DAB, as part of its oversight of ATCCS, assess the impact of the ATCCS specifications on the design of the component systems and the estimated communications work load on the existing communications systems, and submit the results to the Secretary to use in determining the funding requests for the component and communications systems. |
Closed – Implemented
During its 1991 review, the Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence System Committee of DAB will assess the impact of the specification and the communications work-load issues and use the results in determining the funding requests for fiscal year 1993.
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Army procurementCombat readinessCommand control communications systemsDefense capabilitiesManagement information systemsMilitary communicationSystems designSystems managementMilitary forcesCommand and control systems