National Missile Defense: Risk and Funding Implications for the Space-Based Infrared Low Component.

Abstract

In 1995, the Department of Defense (DOD) made plans for the space and missile tracking system-the low satellite component of the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRs)-to be deployed in fiscal year 2006. In February 1996, the Congress directed the Secretary of Defense to restructure the SBIRs program and deploy the first space and missile tracking system (hereafter referred to as SBIRs-low) satellite in fiscal year 2002. The Congress also appropriated $264 million above DOD's fiscal year 1996 and 1997 budget requests to support this deployment acceleration. The purpose was to ensure that the space and missile tracking system provided support to national and theater ballistic missile defenses sooner, rather than later.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA322454

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Anti-Ballistic Missiles
  • Apogees
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Congress
  • Cost Estimates
  • Defense Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detectors
  • Elliptical Orbits
  • Low Altitude
  • Military Acquisition
  • National Security
  • Reconnaissance Satellites
  • Theater Ballistic Missiles
  • United States
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites