AN/BSY-1, a computer-based combat system, is designed to detect, classify, track, and launch weapons at enemy surface, subsurface, and land targets. The Navy expects the AN/BSY-1 system to locate targets sooner than previous systems, allow operators to perform multiple tasks and address multiple targets concurrently, and reduce the time between detecting a target and launching weapons. The Navy has contracted with the International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation for 23 AN/BSY-1 systems, maintenance and operational trainers, and a software maintenance facility. Acquisition and 30-year operating costs are estimated at $12 billion. As of November 1991, IBM had delivered 17 systems, 10 of which had been installed in newly constructed submarines.
Navy Acquisition: Development of the AN/BSY-1 Combat System
1992
27 pages
Report
No indication
English
Fire Control & Bombing Systems , Acquisition , Commerce , Computer applications , Computer programs , Costs , Enemy , International , Land areas , Launching , Machines , Maintenance , Multiple targets , Naval procurement , Repair shops , Submarines , Surface targets , Surfaces , Weapon systems , Weapons , AN/BSY-1 , Fire control systems , Target detection , Target tracking
Engineering Index Backfile | 1941
Engineering Index Backfile | 1941