Defense Acquisitions: Missile Defense Acquisition Strategy Generates Results but Delivers Less at a Higher Cost

Abstract

During fiscal year 2006, MDA fielded additional assets for the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS), enhanced the capability of some assets, and realized several noteworthy testing achievements. For example, the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) element successfully conducted its first end-to-end test of one engagement scenario, the element s first successful intercept test since 2002. However, MDA will not meet its original Block 2006 cost, fielding, or performance goals because the agency has revised those goals. In March 2006, MDA: " reduced its goal for fielded assets to provide funds for technical problems and new and increased operations and sustainment requirements; " increased its cost goal by about $1 billion from $19.3 to $20.3 billion; and " reduced its performance goal commensurate with the reduction of assets.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA464358

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Attitude Control Systems
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Business Administration
  • Congress
  • Contractors
  • Control Systems
  • Defense Systems
  • Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
  • Law
  • Military Acquisition
  • National Security
  • Reliability
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • United States Government

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Systems Analysis and Design