Space Acquisitions: GAO Assessment of DOD Responsive Launch Report

Abstract

This report formally transmits a briefing, with updated information, that we originally sent to congressional defense committees on August 18, 2015. The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2014 (Pub. L. No. 113-66, 915 (2013)), included a provision for GAO to provide an assessment of the Department of Defense s (DOD) responsive launch report within 60 days of issuance.1 We updated the information in the briefing to reflect the final results of our work. The NDAA for fiscal year 2014 directed the DOD Executive Agent for Space (EA for Space) to provide in its report, a study of 1. existing and past operationally responsive, low-cost launch efforts by domestic or foreign governments or industry; 2. conditions or requirements for responsive launch that would provide the necessary military value; 3. various methods to develop an operationally responsive, low-cost launch capability; and 4. viability of greater utilization of innovative methods.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 29, 2015
Accession Number
ADA623130

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accountability
  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Command And Control
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Earth Orbits
  • Electronic Mail
  • Government (Foreign)
  • Governments
  • House Of Representatives
  • Law
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • United States
  • United States Strategic Command

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Government and Public Administration Law.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites