Attack Warning: Lack of System Architecture Contributes to Major Development Problems

Abstract

For a decade the Air Force has been modernizing computer subsystems in Cheyenne Mountain, the command center for the North American Aerospace Defense Command's (NORAD) Integrated Tactical Warning and Attack Assessment (ITW/AA) system. This effort-designated the Cheyenne Mountain Upgrade (CMU) program-is intended to modernize systems that provide critical strategic surveillance and attack warning and assessment information to U.S. and Canadian leaders. Because of your continuing interest in this program, you requested that we review Air Force activities to complete this effort-specifically, the impact of not using an overall system architecture to guide CMU design and development. Appendix I provides a detailed description of our objectives, scope, and methodology.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA253697

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Application Software
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Command Centers
  • Control Systems
  • Data Processing
  • Detectors
  • Display Systems
  • Information Systems
  • Space Defense
  • Standards
  • United States
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Software Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Space