Electronic Warfare: Test Results Do Not Support Buying More Common Sensor Systems.

Abstract

We have completed our follow-up review of the Intelligence and Electronic Warfare Common Sensor (IEWCS) program, which is to provide the Army and the Marine Corps with improved signals intelligence capability. In 1995, we suggested the Army's fiscal year 1996 IEWCS procurement request be reduced because operational testing to prove the system worked properly was not scheduled until fiscal year 1997. In 1996, we reported the Army had prematurely committed to low-rate production the prior year and recommended that additional IEWCS production planned for fiscal year 1997 be canceled. In response, the Department of Defense (DOD) reduced the number of systems to be procured, but permitted the Army to proceed. To assist the Congress in its oversight of DOD'S management of systems acquisitions, we conducted this follow-up review to determine whether results of testing conducted since our previous review support continued IEWCS production.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA340846

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Electronic Warfare
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Acquisition
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Communication Systems
  • Congress
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Mail
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Light Armored Vehicles
  • Marine Corps
  • National Security
  • Procurement
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States
  • Vehicles
  • Warfare

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  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
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Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems