The Theater High Altitude Area Defense Program: An Interim Examination of its Acquisition Strategy.

Abstract

This thesis is an examination of the Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) program's implementation of the User Operational Evaluation System (UOES) acquisition strategy. The Missile Defense Act of 1991 imposed significant schedule risk on THAAD's development, necessitating the UOES strategy. The UOES risk management issues are analyzed using DOD's risk management guidance. This guidance incorporates some current methods, applications, and trends in using prototypes during development. Using this guidance, THAAD's tailored acquisition strategy is reviewed. From this review, lessons that have been learned from the program's experience are developed. The results show that as a result of programmatic risk the UOES strategy has resulted in a delay in fielding the full THAAD objective system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA316479

Entities

People

  • James W. Atkinson

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Business Administration
  • Data Analysis
  • Defense Systems
  • Information Exchange
  • Instruction Set Architecture
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Management Personnel
  • Manufacturing
  • Prototypes
  • Risk Analysis
  • Risk Management
  • Software Development
  • Software Prototyping
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Virtual Prototyping

Readers

  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Software Engineering.