United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office National Security and International Affairs Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1994-02-04 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:NSIAD-94-51 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-51 P0b002ee18038e408 f:ns94051 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-51 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-51 NSIAD-94-51 Army procurement Military systems analysis Management information systems Defense communications operations Cost analysis Testing Defense capabilities Command and control systems Computer equipment management Computer software Army Combat Service Support Control System Army Tactical Command and Control System ATCCS Army Maneuver Control System Army Modernization Plan Letter Report NSIAD GAO evaluated the Army's development and acquisition strategy for the Combat Service Support Control System to determine whether it will ensure that the program is ready to begin acquisition of Common Hardware and Software computers and related equipment. Specifically, GAO focused on the rationale for program changes that the Army made to justify equipment acquisition before it had done an operational test of the system. Given that the Army's unsettled acquisition strategy could result in premature procurement of more system hardware, GAO recommends that the Army defer procurement of computers until the system software (1) completes an operational test demonstrating its military effectiveness and (2) demonstrates automated data exchange among and between system control segments. The Army should also use existing Army Tactical Command and Control System sources of equipment to meet the Combat Service Support System's operational testing equipment requirements. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-51/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-51.htm GAO/NSIAD-94-51 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-51 Letter Report GAO/NSIAD-94-51; Battlefield Automation: Premature Acquisition of the Army's Combat Service Support Control System; Army procurement Military systems analysis Management information systems Defense communications operations Cost analysis Testing Defense capabilities Command and control systems Computer equipment management Computer software Army Combat Service Support Control System Army Tactical Command and Control System ATCCS Army Maneuver Control System Army Modernization Plan