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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 |accessdateaccess-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] 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

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}}</ref></blockquote>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]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 1998-05-08</ref> Once the capability is fully developed, [[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]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 1999-03-01</ref>