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{{Short description|Military logistics terms}}
'''Initial operating capability''' or '''Initial operational capability''' (IOC) is the state achieved when a [[Capability Management|capability]] is available in its minimum usefully deployable form. The term is often used in [[government procurement|government]] or [[military]] [[procurement]].<ref>{{cite web |title = AOF Glossary |url = http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121026065214/http://www.aof.mod.uk/aofcontent/tactical/randa/content/glossary.htm |publisher = UK Ministry of Defence |accessdate = 2008-01-27}}</ref> ▼
{{Use American English|date = February 2019}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2019}}
▲'''Initial operating capability''' or '''
The [[United States Department of Defense]] chooses to use the term
|title = Glossary of Defense Acquisition Acronyms & Terms, 14th ed.
|url = http://www.dau.mil/pubscats/Pages/preface.aspx
|publisher = Defense Acquisition University
|date = July 2012
|access-date = 2013-05-03
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130305091012/http://www.dau.mil/pubscats/Pages/preface.aspx
|archive-date = 2013-03-05
}}</ref></blockquote>The date at which IOC is achieved often defines the in-service date (ISD) for an associated [[system]].
For example, the capability may be fielded to a limited number of users with plans to roll out to all users incrementally over a period (possibly incorporating changes along the way).
▲The date at which IOC is achieved often defines the in-service date (ISD) for an associated [[system]]. Declaration of an initial operating capability may imply that the capability will be developed in the future, for example by modifications or adjustments to improve the system's performance, deployment of greater numbers of systems (perhaps of different types), or testing and training that permit wider application of the capability.<ref>Defense Acquisition University [https://akss.dau.mil/askaprof-akss/qdetail2.aspx?cgiSubjectAreaID=14&cgiQuestionID=1514 Ask a Professor] 1998-05-08</ref> Once the capability is fully developed, [[Full operational capability | Full Operational Capability]] may be declared.<ref>Defense Acquisition University [https://akss.dau.mil/askaprof-akss/qdetail2.aspx?cgiSubjectAreaID=12&cgiQuestionID=3060 Ask a Professor] 1999-03-01</ref>
▲For example, the capability may be fielded to a limited number of users with plans to roll out to all users incrementally over a period (possibly incorporating changes along the way). The point at which the first users begin using the capability is IOC, with FOC achieved when all intended users (by agreement between the developer and the user) have the capability. This does not preclude additional users from obtaining the capability after FOC.
Alternatively the specifics of the program may cause a contract and acquisition-defined definition that differs from the concept of available in minimally deployable form, for example IOC on a website, which does not have material production or maintenance, may have been defined as when the training mockup is installed rather than when software or content is ready.
Finally, IOC may be an informal voiced usage of opinion on how far the development is, or
==References==
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== External links ==
* UK Ministry of Defence [http://www.aof.mod.uk/ Acquisition Operating Framework]
* European Union [https://web.archive.org/web/20130815002303/http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/index.cfm/pageid/5020] IOC definition for [[List of European Union directives#Information technology|INSPIRE]] data infrastructure
[[Category:Procurement]]
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