Comparative Analysis on the Cost of Oversight for the New National Security Space Acquisition Policy- A Delphi Method Approach

Abstract

For the past 50 years, the military's use of space for our national defense has increased exponentially. The use of space has increased so much that recent events have led to the approval for most space Major Defense Acquisition Programs to fall under their own process of oversight to track and monitor these programs. The largest reason for this change is due to the difference in spending profiles and current acquisition regulations that are not structured to meet these space expenditure plans. The key problem is no one knows, for sure, how much the oversight process actually costs and if one form of oversight is actually statistically better than the other. If the other processes are better, what actually drives the cost for their oversight?

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA422619

Entities

People

  • Darrin L. Dereus

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Delphi Method
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Information Systems
  • Law
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Acquisition
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Procurement
  • Space Systems
  • Surveys
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States

Readers

  • Economics
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space