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'''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://www.aof.mod.uk/aofcontent/tactical/randa/content/glossary.htm |archive-url = http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121026065214/http://www.aof.mod.uk/aofcontent/tactical/randa/content/glossary.htm |url-status = dead |archive-date = 2012-10-26 |publisher = UK Ministry of Defence |access-date = 2008-01-27}}</ref>
The [[United States Department of Defense]] chooses to use the term ''initial operational capability'' when referring to IOC.<ref>[https://acc.dau.mil/CommunityBrowser.aspx?id=28937 Defense Acquisition University] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622051744/https://acc.dau.mil/CommunityBrowser.aspx?id=28937 |date=June 22, 2011 }} 2009-07-22.</ref> For a U.S. Department of Defense [[military acquisition]], IOC includes operating the training and maintaining parts of the overall system per [[DOTMLPF]], and is defined as:<blockquote>"In general, attained when some 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 IOC 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.
|url = http://www.dau.mil/pubscats/Pages/preface.aspx
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