Tactical Intelligence: Accelerated Joint STARS Ground Station Acquisition Strategy is Risky.

Abstract

The Army lacks an analysis justifying a need to accelerate the fielding of the CGS system and can save millions of dollars by minimizing production In its second year of CGS production. Furthermore, there are inherent risks in procuring systems prior to their successful completion of an OT&E and the benefits of the Army's acquisition strategy do not clearly outweigh the associated risks. We therefore recommend that the Secretary of Defense direct the Secretary of the Army to limit the future system procurement to the minimum quantity necessary to maintain the CGS contract (i.e. one system in each contract option year) until the CGS has successfully completed an OT&E.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA308751

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Congress
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Ground Stations
  • House Of Representatives
  • National Security
  • Procurement
  • Radar
  • Surveillance
  • Tactical Intelligence
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • United States
  • Vehicles

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