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GAO-03-879R 1 (2003-08-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaamgx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 August 11, 2003 The Honorable Jerry Lewis Chairman Subcommittee on Defense Committee on Appropriations House of Representatives The Honorable John P. Murtha Ranking Minority Member Subcommittee on Defense Committee on Appropriations House of Representatives Subject: Challenges and Risks Associated with the Joint Tactical Radio System Program The recent emergence of software-defined radio technology offers the potential to address key communications shortfalls and significantly improve military capabilities. The Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) program was initiated in 1997 to develop and apply this technology and to bring together separate service-led programs into a joint software-defined radio development effort. JTRS radios are intended to interoperate with existing radio systems and provide the war fighter with additional communications capability to access maps and other visual data, communicate via voice and video with other units and levels of command, and obtain information directly from battlefield sensors. As such, the JTRS program is considered a major transformational effort for the military and is expected to enable information superiority, network-centric warfare as well as modernization efforts, such as the Army's Future Combat Systems.' Although total program costs have yet to be determined, the Army's effort to acquire and field close to half of the estimated 250,000 JTRS radios that are needed is expected to cost $14.4 billion. You asked us to review the JTRS program to determine if there are either management or technical challenges and risks that could jeopardize a successful program outcome. We briefed your staff on May 5, 2003, on the results of our review. This report summarizes that information and transmits the briefing itself (see enc. I). 'The Future Combat Systems program is a major Army transformational effort, comprised of 18 networked weapon systems that will replace several current combat systems. GAO-03-879R Joint Tactical Radio System Program

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