Strategic Defense System: Stable Design and Adequate Testing must Precede Decision to Deploy

Abstract

This report discusses why the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization will not be able to support currently scheduled full-scale development or deployment decisions on any part of Phase I of the strategic Defense System. The organization will not be able to support these decisions until it has solidified the system architecture, conducted integrated system- level testing in real-time involving actual pieces of hardware and software, and until the Department of Defense adheres to technical and programmatic oversight, commensurate with such a system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA230864

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Command Centers
  • Computers
  • Congress
  • Defense Systems
  • Governments
  • Ground Based
  • Law
  • Military Acquisition
  • Program Management
  • Simulators
  • Space Based
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods
  • United States

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Software Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design