Acquisition of the Navy Rapid Airborne Mine Clearance System

Abstract

This report discusses management issues associated with defining capability requirements, planning and executing tests, and defining responsibilities of the Defense Contract Management Agency in support of the low-rate initial production decision for the Navy Rapid Airborne Mine Clearance System (RAMICS). RAMICS is a non-towed airborne mine neutralization system. The system will operate from an MH-60S Organic Airborne Mine Countermeasures Helicopter deployed from the Littoral Combat Ship in the Carrier Strike and Expeditionary Strike Groups. When fielded, RAMICS will provide the Navy with rapid-response, surface and near-surface mine reacquisition and neutralization capabilities. The Program Manager, Mine Warfare is developing RAMICS in preparation for the low-rate initial production decision that is planned for August 2008. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City, Florida, is providing technical direction support to the Program Manager, Mine Warfare by developing capability requirements for RAMICS and monitoring the work of several subcontractors developing the system. The milestone decision authority for the program is the Navy Acquisition Executive. As of December 2006, the program's funding to develop and procure the system totaled $327.0 million, with $127.3 million in research, development, test, and evaluation funds and $199.7 million in procurement funds. The audit objective was to evaluate the overall management of the Navy RAMICS program. Because the program was in the system development and demonstration phase of the acquisition process, we determined whether management was cost-effectively developing and readying the program for the LRIP phase of the acquisition process. We also evaluated the managers internal controls as they related to the audit objective.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 11, 2007
Accession Number
ADA472367

Entities

Organizations

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

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Cyber
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Contract Administration
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Governments
  • Logistics Support
  • Military Acquisition
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Procurement
  • Software Development
  • Software Testing
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Weapons Effects

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.