The Impact of the AT&T (American Telephone and Telegraph) Divestiture on the Strategic Air Command.

Abstract

This thesis describes the use of commercial telecommunications services by the Strategic Air Command (SAC), how these communications services are procured, the effect of various legal and regulatory actions on these services, and how SAC can adapt to these actions. SAC relies on services supplied by common carriers and telecommunications equipment vendors for a large portion of its command and control systems. The deregulation of the telecommunications industry, the breakup of AT&T, and increased competition has led to confusion, increased leadtimes, and higher costs. However, these effects can be mitigated if SAC places less reliance on AT&T, and begins to develop internal capabilities to manage its networks and to work with multiple vendors.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA148957

Entities

People

  • A. E. Paulson

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Commerce
  • Control Systems
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Emergency Response
  • Law
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Procurement
  • Radio Equipment
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Economics
  • Industrial Economics

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control