Hotline Complaint on Management of the Cooperative Engagement Capability Program.

Abstract

This audit resulted from a complaint to the DoD Hotline that the Navy was not effectively managing the Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) Program. The CEC Program, an acquisition category IC effort, is intended to improve the Navy' S anti-air warfare capability by coordinating all anti-air warfare sensors into a single real-time, fire control, radar picture. The CEC Program began in FY 1985 and was a classified program until December 1993. While technically not the prime contractor for the CEC Program, the Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory (the Laboratory) oversees engineering and development for the Program. The Navy estimated the CEC Program costs to be $2.5 billion for research, development and procurement in FY 1993 dollars. In March 1995, the Navy plans to hold a Milestone II, Development Approval, decision for the CEC Program. The Navy plans to declare attainment of initial operational capability (IOC) for the CEC Program in late FY 1996 before operational testing and a Milestone III, Production Approval, decision.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 10, 1995
Accession Number
ADA372839

Entities

Organizations

  • Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Force
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Control Systems
  • Cooperative Engagement Capability
  • Military Acquisition
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Program Management
  • Software Development
  • Software Metrics
  • Software Testing
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Warfare

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