Enhanced Fiber Optic Guided Missile: Need to Define Requirements and Establish Criteria to Assess Performance.

Abstract

We reviewed selected aspects of the Army's plans for acquisition of the Enhanced Fiber Optic Guided Missile (EFOG-M) system. The Army plans to acquire limited quantities of the system for the Rapid Force Projection Initiative (RFPI) Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (ACTO) and field them for a 2-year user evaluation. The Army expects the limited acquisition to cost about $280 million, but, based on the results of the demonstration and evaluation, a much larger acquisition could occur. We focused our review on the acquisition of the EFOG-M system and did not evaluate the ACTD process. We conducted this review under our basic legislative responsibilities but are addressing the report to you because it discusses matters we believe warrant consideration by your committees.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA300947

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Anti-Tank Missiles
  • Congress
  • Control Systems
  • Cost Effectiveness
  • Department Of Defense
  • Deployment
  • Force Structure
  • Guided Missiles
  • Line Of Sight
  • National Security
  • Operational Effectiveness
  • Procurement
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training
  • United States
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Optical Fiber Sensing and Electromagnetic Propagation.