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PURPOSE. This Directive establishes the Coast Guard Combat System Certification Program to provide a consistent certification requirement across all cutter combat systems and combat system elements delivered by the Program Executive Office (PEO), Acquisitions Directorate, Commandant (CG-93), and supported by the Surface Forces Logistics Center (SFLC) and Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Information Technology Service Center (C4ITSC), per References (a) through (g). In addition, the Instruction defines certification policy, authorities, standards, roles, responsibilities and provides direction for implementation and execution of the certification process. It assigns responsibility for its governance to the Coast Guard's Office of C4 and Sensor Capabilities, Commandant (CG- 761), on behalf of the Coast Guard's Assistant Commandant for Capability, Commandant (CG-7).