Item

Original Planned

Achieved /Forecast

Variance (Months)

Variance Explanation / Implications

Initial Materiel Release (IMR)

N/A

Sep 09

N/A

Initial Operational Capability (IOC)

Jun 07

Apr 10

34

Operational Capability 1 (OC1) (IOC) was granted by Chief of Army on 8 April 2010.

Final Materiel Release (FMR)

Jul 12

Jul 12

0

No FMR originally identified. Current FMR is the date agreed in Amendment No. 2 to the Project Air 87 Phase 2 Materiel Acquisition Agreement.

Final Operational Capability (FOC)

Jun 09

Dec 12

42

The revised FOC date of December 2012 was agreed during the development and subsequent approval of Amendment No. 1 to the Air 87 Phase 2 Materiel Acquisition Agreement in August 2009 and has not changed in Amendment No. 2.