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SECNAVINST 2400.lB
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20 May 2019
SECNAV INSTRUCTION 2400.lB
From: Secretary of the Navy
Subj: ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM POLICY AND MANAGEMENT
Ref: See enclosure (1)
Encl: (1) References
(2) Responsibilities
(3) DON Spectrum Supportability Integrated Product Team
(4) Spectrum Supportability Risk Assessment Guidance
(5) Spectrum-Dependent Asset Value Determination
(6) Definitions
(7) Abbreviations and Acronyms
1. Purpose
a. To ensure the Department of the Navy’s (DON) ability to
develop and/or acquire Spectrum Dependent Systems (SDS) through
an enforceable and controlled process that meets mission needs
and assesses risks to or of those systems.
b. To implement the applicable provisions of references (a)
through (z) (enclosure (1)) within the DON, its uniformed
military services, field activities, headquarters, forces, bases,
installations, activities, and functions, and to assign roles and
responsibilities within the DON for Electromagnetic Spectrum
(EMS) policy, representation, management, and use (see enclosure
(2)).
c. To establish and/or maintain effective policy and/or
procedures for:
(1) The DON Spectrum Management Office (SMO) (the Navy
and Marine Corps Spectrum Center (NMSC));
(2) The DON Spectrum Supportability (SS) Integrated
Product Team (IPT) (see enclosure (3));
(3) Spectrum Supportability Risk Assessments (SSRA) (see
enclosure (4)); and
