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Navy Acquisition: Development of the AN/BSY-1 Combat System

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Jan. 31, 1992
Report No. NSIAD-92-50
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AN/BSY-1, a computer-based combat system intended for nuclear-power attack submarines, is designed to detect, classify, track, and launch weapons at enemy targets. GAO found that the AN/BSY-1 does not have all of the capabilities originally planned. It does not distribute data as quickly or have as many data processing units, and it lacks some of the redundancy and expansion space planned for in the earlier program. The Navy's developmental testing and evaluation of AN/BSY-1, completed in October 1990, generally concluded that the system's goals were achieved. The shipbuilders were awarded about $218 million for adjustments arising from AN/BSY-1 and other ship design changes. The shipbuilders will also experience schedule delays averaging 19 months; however, GAO was unable to determine the amounts of the awards and delay caused solely by combat system problems.

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