Impact of Year 2000 Issues on the Aegis Weapon System.
Abstract
This report is one in a series of reports that the Inspector General, DoD, is issuing in accordance with an informal partnership with the DoD Chief Information Officer to monitor DoD efforts to address the year 2000 computing challenge. The overall audit objective was to evaluate whether the Navy Aegis Program Office effectively planned, executed, and coordinated year 2000 management strategies to ensure that operations are not disrupted by year 2000-related issues. Specifically, we reviewed year 2000 test plans and reports, initialization procedures, system interfaces, system certification, and contingency plan for the Aegis weapon system. The Aegis Program Office took an aggressive and proactive approach to ensure that the Aegis weapon system should not be disrupted by year 2000-related issues. Aegis Weapon System. The Aegis weapon system is the Navy's most advanced, shipboard anti-aircraft and anti-missile weapon system, whose mission is to defeat enemy aircraft, missiles, surface ships, and submarines, and to attack land targets. The Aegis weapon system is a highly integrated combat system capable of simultaneous warfare on many fronts: air, surface, subsurface, and strike. The Aegis weapon system is installed on the Ticonderoga-Class cruisers and the Arleigh Burke-Class destroyers. Its key components are the weapons control system, Aegis display system, command and decision system, operational readiness test system, standard missile-2, fire control system, vertical launching system, and radar system. The Aegis weapon system is designed to play a major role in shielding the Navy well into the 21St century.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 02, 1999
- Accession Number
- ADA366412
Entities
Organizations
- Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense