Issues Concerning the Department of Defense's Global Positioning System as It Enters Production

Abstract

The Department of Defense's Global Positioning System is a $3.9 billion space-based navigation system designed to provide world-wide position information in 3 dimensions, together with velocity and time information, for a multiplicity of military and civil users. As the system's space segment enters production on a multiyear contract basis, remaining technical and program risks could adversely affect the stability of spacecraft design, achievement of full operational capability by September 1988, and overall program costs. Also, the current multiyear procurement cost estimate associated with the space segment is uncertain because it is not based on a firm price proposal, and associated savings are overstated because they were not calculated using an acceptable method.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 26, 1983
Accession Number
ADA123899

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Congress
  • Contracts
  • Cost Estimates
  • Department Of Defense
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Military Aircraft
  • Navigation
  • Procurement
  • Radio Navigation
  • Satellite Constellations
  • Tacan
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Economics
  • Robotics and Automation.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Space