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Accession Number:

AD1168951

Title:

Joint Military Operations: DOD's Renewed Emphasis on Interoperability is Important but not Adequate

Author(s):

• Rodrigues, Louis J.

Author Organization(s):

• GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON DC

Report Date:

1993-10-01

Abstract:

In a 1987 report, we identified various problems and made recommendations associated with the Department of Defense's (DOD) efforts to achieve command, control, and communications (C3) systems interoperability - the ability of systems, units, or forces to exchange services, enabling them to operate effectively together. DOD concurred with our recommendations regarding certification, waiver, and funding matters and stated that it needed to improve interoperability in certain areas and had established mechanisms to do so. This letter discusses DOD's efforts to overcome persisting interoperability problems. Our focus was on system (equipment) and operational (doctrine, tactics, procedures, and training) interoperability associated with command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence (C41).

Document Type:

Conference:

Journal:

Pages:

44

File Size:

2.91MB

Contracts:

Grants:

Descriptors:

• command and control systems
• information systems
• command and control
• aircrafts
• warfare
• control systems
• organizational structure
• combat operations
• command control communications and computer systems
• military operations
• congress
• military communications
• tactical communications
• department of defense
• fire support
• program management
• task forces

Identifiers:

• c3(Command control and communications)
• c3i(Command control communications and intelligence)
• c4i(Command control communications computers and intelligence)

SubjectCategory:

• Communications
• Military Sciences

Communities of Interest:

• C4I

Distribution Statement:

Approved For Public Release

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