GAO Calls Out Air Force’s ABMS Project for ‘Lack of Business Case’

Information System Technician 2nd Class Daniel Marquez sets up test equipment as part of an exercise aboard the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116). The Thomas Hudner participated in the first demonstration of the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS), operators across the Air Force, Army, Navy and industry tested multiple real time data sharing tools and technology in a homeland defense-based scenario enacted by U.S. Northern Command and enabled by Air Force senior leaders held at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Dec. 16-18. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Marianne Guemo/Released)

A new government watchdog report questions the Air Force’s ability to achieve one of its most ambitious projects to build a network of current and future systems into the “Military Internet of Things,” citing a lack of business case and missing elements for cost, integration and functionality. The service introduced the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) concept in 2017 as it proposed canceling a planned recapitalization program for its aging Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) aircraft. ABMS would…

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GAO Calls Out Air Force’s ABMS Project for ‘Lack of Business Case’

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