Jump to content

Full operational capability: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Content deleted Content added
m Italics for quote
Rescuing 1 sources and tagging 0 as dead. #IABot (v1.5.5)
Line 1: Line 1:
In military acquisition, '''full operational capability (FOC)''' is the completion of a development effort.
In military acquisition, '''full operational capability (FOC)''' is the completion of a development effort.


For the [[United States Department of Defense]] [[military acquisition]] FOC is defined as "''in general attained when all units and/or organizations in the force structure scheduled to receive a system have received it and have the ability to employ and maintain it. The specifics for any particular system FOC are defined in that system’s Capability Development Document (CDD) and Capability Production Document (CPD)''."<ref>{{cite web
For the [[United States Department of Defense]] [[military acquisition]] FOC is defined as "''in general attained when all units and/or organizations in the force structure scheduled to receive a system have received it and have the ability to employ and maintain it. The specifics for any particular system FOC are defined in that system’s Capability Development Document (CDD) and Capability Production Document (CPD)''."<ref>{{cite web
|title = Glossary of Defense Acquisition Acronyms & Terms, 14th ed.
|title = Glossary of Defense Acquisition Acronyms & Terms, 14th ed.
|url = http://www.dau.mil/pubscats/Pages/preface.aspx
|url = http://www.dau.mil/pubscats/Pages/preface.aspx
|publisher = Defense Acquisition University
|publisher = Defense Acquisition University
|date = July 2012
|date = July 2012
|accessdate = 2013-05-03}}</ref>
|accessdate = 2013-05-03
|deadurl = yes
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130305091012/http://www.dau.mil/pubscats/Pages/preface.aspx
|archivedate = 2013-03-05
|df =
}}</ref>


FOC is a certification event marking completion of training, providing maintenance facilities, and end of planned production of the item. This does not preclude additional orders to obtain the item outside that contract or after that contract FOC.
FOC is a certification event marking completion of training, providing maintenance facilities, and end of planned production of the item. This does not preclude additional orders to obtain the item outside that contract or after that contract FOC.

Revision as of 19:41, 8 October 2017

In military acquisition, full operational capability (FOC) is the completion of a development effort.

For the United States Department of Defense military acquisition FOC is defined as "in general attained when all units and/or organizations in the force structure scheduled to receive a system have received it and have the ability to employ and maintain it. The specifics for any particular system FOC are defined in that system’s Capability Development Document (CDD) and Capability Production Document (CPD)."[1]

FOC is a certification event marking completion of training, providing maintenance facilities, and end of planned production of the item. This does not preclude additional orders to obtain the item outside that contract or after that contract FOC.

References

  1. ^ "Glossary of Defense Acquisition Acronyms & Terms, 14th ed". Defense Acquisition University. July 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-03-05. Retrieved 2013-05-03. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)