DOD ACQUISITION: Case Study of the Air Force Advanced Warning System

Abstract

The Advanced Warning System (AWS), terminated in March 1984, was an Air Force technology program initiated to develop the critical infrared technologies required for a follow-on space based missile warning system. The AWS Program consisted of several distinct but related efforts: an advanced technology effort for missile surveillance, a joint technology demonstration program involving the Air Force and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and a developmental program emphasizing survivability. To accomplish this, the program office planned to perform system concept studies supporting a decision on the development of an operational system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 31, 1986
Accession Number
AD1173640

Entities

People

  • Frank Conahan

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Defense Systems
  • Demonstrations
  • Detectors
  • Economics
  • Engineering
  • Maryland
  • Military Acquisition
  • Money
  • Procurement
  • Program Management
  • Social Sciences
  • Space Based
  • Strategic Defense Initiative
  • Surveillance
  • Survivability
  • System Software
  • Systems Management
  • United States
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Space