Table of Contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ES-1

1. INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Purpose 1
1.2 Background 1
1.3 Approach 3
1.4 Language Counting Issues 3
1.5 Scope 4
1.6 Organization 4

2. SURVEY METHOD 5
2.1 Population Identification 5
2.1.1 Weapon Systems Population 6
2.1.2 Automated Information Systems Population 6
2.2 Sample Selection 7
2.2.1 Weapon Systems Sample 7
2.2.2 Automated Information Systems Sample 8
2.3 Data Collection Form 8
2.4 Contact Process 11
2.5 Respondent Errors 12
2.6 Analysis Process 12

3. RESPONDENT AND PROGRAMMATIC PROFILE 15
3.1 Weapon System Responses 15
3.1.1 Services 15
3.1.2 Acquisition Category 15
3.1.3 Acquisition Phase 17
3.2 AIS Responses 17
3.2.1 Services 17
3.2.2 Acquisition (Life-Cycle) Phase 18

4. LANGUAGE USAGE FINDINGS 19
4.1 Weapon System Findings 19
4.2 AIS Findings 27

5. CONCLUSIONS AND DISCUSSION 35

6. RECOMMENDATION 39

APPENDIX A. SURVEY INSTRUMENT A-1
APPENDIX B. SURVEY DATA B-1
LIST OF REFERENCES References-1
LIST OF ACRONYMS Acronyms-1