Afghan National Army: DOD Did Not Conduct Required Oversight or Assess the Performance and Sustainability of the $174 Million ScanEagle Unmanned Aerial System Program
Abstract
Since fiscal year 2005, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has spent nearly $47.5 billion on equipment, transportation, infrastructure, training, operations, and sustainment for the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF), which is comprised of the Afghan National Army (ANA) and Afghan National Police. In a March 2015 DOD memorandum of record, the Combined Security Transition CommandAfghanistan (CSTCA) identified an impending capability gap related to the ANAs ability to conduct intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) operations that would result from a drawdown of coalition forces. Specifically, CSTC-A determined the ANA forces would be limited to stationary ISR assets, including aerostats, surveillance towers, and hand-held systems, which are either constrained to protecting an immediate area or effective only within a few kilometers of a designated location.2 CSTC-A expressed concern that without the support of a long-range mobile asset, the ANA would experience a decrease in mission effectiveness with a corresponding increase in loss of life and destruction of property.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 2020
- Accession Number
- AD1137534
Entities
People
- John Sopko
Organizations
- Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction