Communications Acquisition: Issues Involving Army's Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System

Abstract

As you requested, we have evaluated the Armys Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System (SINCGARS) program. Our objective was to assess whether the Armys revised acquisition strategy adequately addresses congressional concerns about the risks involved in the Armys prior plans to increase production of these ground and airborne radios before an operational test. This report discusses the revised SINCGARS acquisition strategy and the Armys efforts to reduce production risk of both ground and airborne radios.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1990
Accession Number
AD1171191

Entities

People

  • Louis J. Rodrigues

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acceptance Tests
  • Acquisition
  • Airborne
  • Army
  • Army Equipment
  • Contracts
  • Corporations
  • Data Rate
  • Department Of Defense
  • Dynamics
  • Field Tests
  • Military Acquisition
  • Models
  • Performance (Engineering)
  • Procurement
  • Production
  • Radio Equipment
  • Reliability
  • Security
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States

Readers

  • Radio communications and signal processing.
  • Software Engineering
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.