Acquisition of the E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System's Radar System Improvement Program

Abstract

The Radar System Improvement Program (RSIP) is being developed to provide the United States and its North Atlantic Treaty Organization partners with new and improved capabilities for the E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System's (AWACS) radar. The RSIP is an Air Force program with estimated U.S development and procurement costs of $866.7 million (then-year dollars) for 34 RSIP kits. Kits consist of new computers and panels and modifications to receivers, oscillators, synchronizers, angle controls, antenna control units, and aircraft for the radar interface. Objective. The audit objective was to evaluate the acquisition management of the E-3 RSIP. Specifically, the audit was to determine the adequacy of efforts to develop an economical and efficient radar system and to prepare that system for production and deployment. We also reviewed associated internal controls.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 25, 1994
Accession Number
ADA375731

Entities

People

  • David M. Wyte
  • Donald E. Reed
  • Donald Stockton
  • John E. Meling
  • Leon R. Wilkinson

Organizations

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

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Airborne Warning And Control System
  • Business Administration
  • Computers
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Control Systems
  • Cost Estimates
  • Economic Security
  • Governments
  • Management Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Procurement
  • Radar
  • Software Development
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • United States

Readers

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.