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Line 1: '''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 \|publisher = UK Ministry of Defence \|accessdate = 2008-01-27}}</ref> The [[United States ~~Department of Defense\|U.S.~~ Department of Defense]] chooses to use the term Initial Operational Capability (versus initial "operating" capability) when referring to IOC.<ref> [https://acc.dau.mil/CommunityBrowser.aspx?id=28937 Defense Acquisition University] 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<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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