Expeditionary Combat Support System (ECSS)
Abstract
The Expeditionary Combat Support System (ECSS) program was canceled 11 December 2012. The cancellation of ECSS has driven the Air Force to re-evaluate its strategy to enable logistics Information Technology (IT) capabilities. The Air Force still requires an integrated logistics capability that provides timely, accurate and reliable information to decision makers at all levels of command and across the full range of military operations. The Air Force is transitioning from ECSS to a hybrid approach of core legacy system remediation / modification and transformation. This approach moves away from a large scale Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) capability and uses firm requirements, smaller scale development efforts and shorter delivery schedules to achieve FY 2017 statutory Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness (FIAR) and operational requirements. The ECSS program planned to complete its Milestone B in April 2011, as reported in the February 2011 Critical Change Report (CCR). However, the program schedule deteriorated throughout 2011, which resulted in the ECSS Milestone B decision being delayed past April 2012, exceeding the one-year schedule threshold for program milestones. Based on the programmatic challenges detailed in the January 2012 ECSS Major Acquisition Information System Quarterly Report, the Senior Official determined that a Critical Change occurred. Based on information that was ascertained during the Critical Change process, the Air Force lost confidence in the program's ability to deliver any logistics capability to the warfighter. As a result of the Air Force's recommendation, the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics) terminated the ECSS program in December 2012. Remediation, modernization and transformation efforts are being accomplished under project 675207, Logistics Information Technology System Modernization.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2015
- Source ID
- 675208_0708610F_7_3600_PB_2015