Acquisition of the Mark XV Identification Friend-Or-Foe System

Abstract

The overall audit objective was to evaluate the acquisition management of the Mark XV 1FF system to determine if full-scale development efforts were adequately preparing the system for an economic and efficient production. The audit was made in accordance with our critical program management elements approach. Under this approach, we focused our evaluation on nine program management elements and related internal controls that are integral to the early full-scale development phase. We made this audit from April 1989 through February 1990. This program audit was made in accordance with auditing standards issued by the Comptroller General of the United States, as implemented by the Inspector General, DoD, and accordingly included such tests of internal controls as were deemed necessary. We reviewed data and information from 1984 to 1990, and interviewed personnel involved in the acquisition of the Mark XV 1FF system. During the audit, the Technical Assessment Division, Office of the Assistant Inspector General for Auditing, provided assistance in the mission critical computer resources and testing area. A list of activities visited or contacted during the audit is in Appendix F.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 12, 1990
Accession Number
ADA380651

Entities

Organizations

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

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Attack Helicopters
  • Contracts
  • Cost Analysis
  • Cost Estimates
  • Department Of Defense
  • Financial Management
  • Identification
  • Identification Systems
  • Iff Systems
  • Military Acquisition
  • Procurement
  • Program Management
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Software Engineering