Item

Original Planned

Achieved/ Forecast

Variance (Months)

Variance Explanations/ Implications

WGS Service FOC

Dec 14

Dec 14

0

Achieved upon US Government operational acceptance of WGS 6. It is to be noted the US Acquisition Baseline (IOC) for WGS 6 is June - December 2013. December 2014 relates to the full operational transition of all JP2008 Phase 4 project elements.

Interim Anchoring System

Jul 09

Oct 10

15

The level of engineering process and breadth of WGS certification testing to satisfy the WGS certification requirements have proven to be more extensive and demanding on both the Project Office and The Bridge Network than originally anticipated.

This issue has caused significant delays since Quarter 3 of 2009, where the Project Office and The Bridge Network have found themselves in more detailed design reviews and the requirement to conduct additional testing for the Interim Anchoring capability, in order to satisfy WGS Certification processes.

Approval

IOC

FOC

Sep 07

Jun 08

Dec 14