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Critical Considerations in Developing Improved Capability To Identify Aircraft as Friend or Foe

C-MASAD-82-6 Published: Feb 24, 1982. Publicly Released: Feb 24, 1982.
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GAO reviewed the Department of Defense programs designed to improve U.S. capabilities to identify aircraft as friend or foe. These programs, for which Congress will be asked to provide funds, could potentially involve significant expenditures.

Recommendations

Recommendations for Executive Action

Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should determine the priority that the Mark XV interoperability with the other identification systems in NATO should have relative to the other factors to be considered in selecting the frequency allocation band in which the Mark XV is to operate.
Closed – Not Implemented
This matter should be resolved in a followup review.
Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should make the amount to be invested in Mark XII improvements contingent on how soon the Mark XV can reasonably be expected to become available.
Closed – Not Implemented
This matter should be covered in a followup review.

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Air defense systemsAircraftDefense appropriationsMilitary communicationNational defense operationsWarning systemsWeapons systemsInternational organizationsIdentification systemsMissiles