Computer-Aided Acquisition and Logistic Support. Report to the Committee on Appropriations of the United States House of Representatives

Abstract

Widespread use of computer-aided design and engineering (CAD/CAE) has created a new environment where product description data is becoming available in digital form to support a wide range of DoD and Industry applications. CALS is a DoD and Industry initiative to enable and accelerate the use and integration of this digital technical information for weapon system acquisition, design, manufacture and support. Through management of the CALS program, a comprehensive strategy has been developed to facilitate the transition from the current paper-intensive mode of operations to a highly automated and integrated mode, thereby substantially improving productivity and quality of the weapon system acquisition and logistics support process. Implementation of CALS is underway and is already leading to a major impact on the way DoD and Industry conduct business

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA265183

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Assistant Secretary of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Data Transmission
  • Databases
  • Department Of Defense
  • Digital Data
  • Engineering
  • Engineering Drawings
  • Engineers
  • Governments
  • Information Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Maintenance
  • Manufacturing
  • Procurement
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Beds
  • Test Equipment

Readers

  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Library and Information Science