Battlefield Automation: More Testing and Analysis Needed Before Production of Air Defense Radar

Abstract

The Army's Forward Area Air Defense System (FAADS) includes a $540 million sensor to detect and identify enemy aircraft. Because of continuing congressional interest related to cost, schedule, and performance problems with this system and because the Army expects to make a low-rate initial production decision in the near future, GAO's review focused on whether (1) the $540 million sensor system will be ready for low-rate initial production, planned for fiscal year 1994 and (2) the Army has justified the system as the best alternative for its air defense requirements

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA267790

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Defense
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Congress
  • Control Systems
  • Countermeasures
  • Defense Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Countermeasures
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Forward Areas
  • Ground Based
  • Line Of Sight
  • Surface To Air Missiles
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.