Department Of Defense Tactical Shelter Program

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Download or read book Requirements for Tactical Shelters written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report discusses the need to replace Standardized Integrated Command Post System (SICPS) rigid wall shelters (RWS) and the transportability of DoD tactical shelters. The audit results concerning the use of standard tactical shelters and the method of procuring those shelters were presented in Inspector General, DoD, Report No. 94-180, "DoD's Use and Procurement of Tactical Shelters," August 31, 1994. A tactical shelter is a presized, transportable structure designed to protect personnel and equipment from environmental and combat zone conditions. The SICPS RWS is mounted on a high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle and provides power generation, cooling, and racks for mounting automated systems' equipment. The Army is using two versions (version 1 and version 3) of the SICPS RWS. It has procured 251 version 1 shelters for about $18.8 million. Further, the Army plans to buy 540 version 3 shelters, valued at about $72 million, through FY 2001. The version 3 shelters acquisition was, in part, to replace the 251 version 1 shelters. Because of fielding delays of automated systems, 201 version 1 shelters are unused and in storage. Transportability is the inherent capability of systems or materials to be moved efficienfly by highway, rail, ocean, and air. Transportability considerations for acquisition systems begin during concept exploration, and system program managers request and obtain transportability approval before production of the acquisition systems. The objectives were to evaluate the requirement for the SICPS RWS and to determine whether DoD tactical shelters were transportable. We also evaluated the effectiveness of related management controls.