Strategic Bombers: Need to Redefine Requirements for B-1B Defensive AvionicsSystem

摘要

In a June 1992 classified report, the General Accounting Office (GAO) recommendedthat the Secretary of Defense direct the Secretary of the Air Force to determine the requirements of a defensive avionics system to support the future role of the B-1B bomber before proceeding with either the planned modifications to the ALQ-161A or acquiring a new defensive avionics system. In discussing our recommendation during the June 17,1992, hearing before the Senate Committee on Armed Services, the Commander in Chief of the Air Combat Command stated that the Air Force is conducting a comprehensive review of the entire B-IB upgrade program that will be reviewed by the Chief of Staff of the Air Force in the August-September 1992 time frame. The review would include an evaluation of the operational requirements for electronic countermeasures and the acquisition strategy that goes along with it.