Defense Acquisitions: Space-Based Radar Effort Needs Additional Knowledge Before Starting Development

Abstract

Although SBR is 2 years away from product development, the program already faces major challenges. DOD officials say SBR will likely be the most expensive and technically challenging space system ever built by DOD. The acquisition time frame is much shorter than what has been achieved in the past for other complex satellite systems. Finally, DOD is setting precedence by taking the lead on developing SBR with the intelligence community as a partner. Most DOD space programs that GAO has reviewed in the past several decades were hampered by schedule and cost growth and performance shortfalls.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2004
Accession Number
AD1178494

Entities

People

  • Katherine V. Schinasi

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Best Practices
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Cost Estimates
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronically Scanned Array
  • Engineering
  • Governments
  • Product Development
  • Radar
  • Reliability
  • Space Based
  • Space Systems
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States
  • United States Government

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management

Technology Areas

  • Space