Interoperability: DOD's Efforts To Achieve Interoperability Among C3 Systems
NSIAD-87-124
Published: Apr 27, 1987. Publicly Released: Apr 30, 1987.
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GAO reported on command, control, and communications (C3) interoperability among the military services and Department of Defense (DOD) efforts to attain a greater degree of interoperability.
Recommendations
Recommendations for Executive Action
| Agency Affected | Recommendation | Status |
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| Department of Defense | The Secretary of Defense should require that the service secretaries certify that the C3 equipment being developed and procured will provide the needed degree of interoperability with other C3 equipment in order to satisfy the operational plans of the unified commander. If the C3 equipment will not provide the needed degree of interoperability, the service secretaries should seek a waiver from the Secretary of Defense or a designee. |
DOD concurred with this recommendation, but asserted that existing directives and policies were sufficient.
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| Department of Defense | The Secretary of Defense should allow the services to seek congressional funding only for items that will provide the needed degree of interoperability for which a waiver has been approved. |
DOD concurred with this recommendation, but asserted that existing directives and policies were sufficient.
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Command control communications systemsDecentralizationMilitary communicationMilitary interoperability agreementsSystems designTelecommunications equipmentInteroperabilityMilitary forcesCommand and control systemsAircraft acquisition program