unclassified - Air Force Financial Management & Comptroller

BUDGET ITEM JUSTIFICATION (EXHIBIT P-40)
UNCLASSIFIED
DATE:
FEBRUARY 2002
APPROP CODE/BA:
OPAF/ELECTRONICS & TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT
P-1 NOMENCLATURE:
SPACELIFT RANGE SYSTEM (SPACE)
Description (continued):
1. RANGE STANDARDIZATION AND AUTOMATION (RSA) Phase IIA: The RSA Phase IIA program modernizes the control/display and
communications segments, to include: control and display, planning and scheduling, metric tracking, flight operations and analysis, range
operations, communications, and weather equipment.
The FY01 funds continued procurement of control and display and communication network products, to include the digital telemetry products
that will convert the ranges from slow, expensive wide bandwidth analog telemetry to high-speed, inexpensive low bandwidth digital telemetry.
The FY01 procurements also included upgrades to planning and scheduling, weather, communications, infrastructure, and flight safety products
needed to evolve and deliver operational range capabilities. Additionally, FY01 funds continued to provide for Interim Contractor Support
(ICS) and Interim Supply Support (ISS) until an organic Air Force sustainment capability is established. ISS included initial spares, support
services, and collection of reprocurement data.
The FY02 funds continue procurement of control and display and communication network products, to include the digital telemetry products.
These products provide simulation and the final planning and scheduling, infrastructure, and data format upgrades which add the ability to
automatically commit and manage assets critical to range operations. FY02 funds also procure upgrades to weather, communications, and flight
safety products needed to evolve and deliver operational range capabilities. Additionally, FY02 funds pay for evaluation and acceptance testing
of RSA IIA products, as well as continuing ICS and ISS, to include initial spares, support services, and collection of reprocurement data.
The FY03 funds will continue procurement of control and display and communication network products, to include the digital telemetry
products. These products provide simulation and the final planning and scheduling, infrastructure, and data format upgrades which add the
ability to automatically commit and manage assets critical to range operations. FY03 funds also will procure upgrades to weather,
communications, and flight safety products, as well as associated interface equipment, needed to evolve and deliver operational range
capabilities and to facilitate activation of the Western Range Operations Control Center. In addition, FY03 funds will pay for evaluation and
acceptance testing of RSA IIA products, continuing ICS support, as well as transition support to include support services, spares transition
package, turnover of reprocurement data, and transition common spares.
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