The Use of Commercial Off-the-Shelf Equipment and Its Impact on C3 (Command, Control, and Communications) EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse) Survivability
Abstract
The President's Blue Ribbon Commission on Defense Management has recommended that the military should make greater use of off-the-shelf components, systems, and services (also know as non-developmental items or NDI). This recommendation, if blindly implemented, could have an adverse impact on the survivability of critical command, control, and communications assets. The study evaluates how the electromagnetic pulse (EMP) survivability of a strategic, time-urgent, fixed, ground-based, command, control, and communications (C3) facility would be impacted by the use of off-the-shelf C3 equipments. The study concludes that to have a quantifiable measure of confidence in the facility's EMP survivability, the piece of off-the-shelf equipment under consideration will first have to be subjected to some degree of EMP testing.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1988
- Accession Number
- ADA192614
Entities
People
- Melvin D. Hoke Jr.
Organizations
- Air Command and Staff College