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 1999-07-27 monographic deposited born digital 32 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-99-150 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-150 P0b002ee18037bc57 f:ns99150 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-150 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-150 NSIAD-99-150 Army procurement Operational testing Defense capabilities ADP procurement Command control communications systems Strategic information systems planning Army Maneuver Control System Army Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below Program Forward Area Air Defense Command, Control, and Intelligence System Army Spitfire Satellite Communication System Army Tactical Command and Control System Army Force XXI Initiative Army Tactical Operations Center System Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System Army Enhanced Position Location Reporting System Army Integrated Systems Control System Secure Mobile Anti-Jam Reliable Tactical Terminal Army All Source Analysis System Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System Army Combat Service Support Control System Army Near-Term Data Radio System Army High-Capacity Line-of-Sight Radio System Army Asynchronous Transfer Mode Army Global Broadcast Service Transportable Ground Receive Suite Terminal Letter Report NSIAD Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Army's progress toward its goal of fielding a digitized division by the end of 2000, focusing on: (1) the high-priority systems needed to accomplish the digitization fielding goal; (2) the acquisition status of these high-priority systems; and (3) any performance uncertainties that could confront the Army after its first digitized division is fielded.<p/>GAO noted that: (1) the Army's first digitized division will be the 4th Infantry Division; (2) while the Army's overall digitization initiative involves over 100 systems, its December 2000 digitization goal is to field 16 high-priority systems to 3 of the division's 4 brigades; (3) these 16 systems can be described as command, control, and communications systems, the majority of which will support decision-making by commanders located in tactical operations centers at battalion, brigade, division, and corps levels; (4) one system represents an entirely new capability that is intended to accomplish an important digitization objective of sharing battlefield information with the thousands of soldiers operating outside tactical operations centers; (5) this system is the Force XXI Battle Command, Brigade and Below (FBCB2) system and is the critical component of the digitization initiative; (6) fielding of the Forward Area Air Defense Command, Control, and Intelligence system, with the first digitized division objective software and upgraded hardware, was completed in fiscal year (FY) 1998; (7) the delivery of the Global Broadcast Service Transportable Ground Receive Suite terminals was delayed because the contractor's initial design required too many terminal transit cases; (8) although the high-priority systems are being acquired independently of each other, the Army is coordinating and synchronizing individual fielding schedules to enable it to meet its goal of fielding the first digitized division by December 2000; (9) there are four key performance uncertainties that the Army will confront when the division is fielded at the end of 2000; (10) because the Army has recently restructured the system's test and evaluation program, a determination of the operational effectiveness and suitability of FBCB2 will be unknown; (11) the operational performance of other fielded systems may be unknown because the results of scheduled operational tests will not be complete by December 2000; (12) the capability of automated sharing of Army Tactical Command and Control System data within tactical operations centers will not have been conclusively demonstrated; (13) insight into the resolution of this issue is not likely to occur before April 2001 when a digitized brigade participates in an exercise at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California; and (14) it will be uncertain whether digitization, with the expected interoperability of related information systems, has achieved the expected increases in lethality, survivability, and tempo of operations. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-150/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-150.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-150/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-150.pdf GAO/NSIAD-99-150 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-150 Letter Report GAO/NSIAD-99-150; Battlefield Automation: Performance Uncertainties Are; Army procurement Operational testing Defense capabilities ADP procurement Command control communications systems Strategic information systems planning Army Maneuver Control System Army Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below Program Forward Area Air Defense Command, Control, and Intelligence System Army Spitfire Satellite Communication System Army Tactical Command and Control System Army Force XXI Initiative Army Tactical Operations Center System Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System Army Enhanced Position Location Reporting System Army Integrated Systems Control System Secure Mobile Anti-Jam Reliable Tactical Terminal Army All Source Analysis System Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System Army Combat Service Support Control System Army Near-Term Data Radio System Army High-Capacity Line-of-Sight Radio System Army Asynchronous Transfer Mode Army Global Broadcast Service Transportable Ground Receive Suite Terminal