Acquisition Failure A Coroner's Report on the Cause: Non-Affordability,

Abstract

The National Missile Defense (NMD) Program is the first Ballistic Missile Defense organization (BMDO) program to apply the perspective and use of affordability objectives on a major program. NMD's affordability objective is to acquire the 'best value' for the NMD acquisition program. Historical DoD cost data indicates a major weapon system's development cost is approximately 10% of the system's total LCC. From the development phase on, any program is subject to 'cost over run,' and the attendant misinformation and adverse publicity that could lead to program cancellation. NMD's affordability challenge is to accurately project incremental program cost to accommodate any and all NMD program 'unknowns.'

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA328978

Entities

People

  • Clifford Reeves
  • Donald Keith

Organizations

  • Leidos

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Anti-Ballistic Missiles
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Cost Analysis
  • Cost Overruns
  • Costs
  • Department Of Defense
  • Deployment
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Governments
  • Lessons Learned
  • Life Cycles
  • Personnel Management
  • Procurement
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Naval Engineering and Maritime Security
  • Systems Analysis and Design