MILITARY SPACE PROGRAMS Comprehensive Analysis Needed and Cost Savings Available

Abstract

DOD's action to terminate the most recent DSP follow-on program and begin a new effort provides an opportunity to fully assess the needs for early missile warning information. DOD's current plans to replace DSP with ALARM will require a comprehensive analysis that includes (1) reviewing and validating operational requirements, (2) selecting the most cost-effective alternative from plausible candidate systems, (3) ensuring that the system selected is affordable, (4) demonstrating that an adequate transition can be made from DSP to ALARM to avoid coverage gaps, and (5) evaluating the launch vehicle implications for DSP.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 14, 1994
Accession Number
AD1167180

Entities

People

  • Louis Rodrigues

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Communication Systems
  • Contracts
  • Cost Estimates
  • Costs
  • Data Rate
  • Defense Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detectors
  • Early Warning Systems
  • Launch Vehicles
  • Life Cycle Costs
  • Life Cycles
  • National Security
  • Procurement
  • Satellite Communications
  • Space Based
  • Vehicles
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space