scope:

Program managers shall include pertinent design requirements in acquisition documentation to ensure equipment and systems will meet their mission requirements within program cost and schedule constraints. Program managers shall provide the necessary engineering support to ensure that design planning, execution and verification are performed by equipment and system developers. A temporary Integrated Product Team (IPT) may be formed by the program manager to coordinate the various technical and program planning of complex systems that require significant coordination among various groups or agencies.

Purpose. To provide guidance to PEOs, PMs and SPAWAR for Command, Control, Communications, Computer, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C41SR) systems surface ship topside design as required by references (a) through (e).