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Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle : DOD needs to ensure new acquisition strategy is based on sufficient information : report to congressional committees.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- United States. Government Accountability Office
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Department of Defense--Procurement--Planning.
- United States.
- United States. Department of Defense.
- Launch vehicles (Astronautics)--United States--Finance.
- Launch vehicles (Astronautics).
- Armed Forces--Procurement--Planning.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (i, 32 pages)
- Other Title:
- DOD needs to ensure new acquisition strategy is based on sufficient information
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2011]
- Summary:
- The Department of Defense (DOD) and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) plan to spend about $15 billion for launch services from fiscal year 2013 to fiscal year 2017 through DOD's Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program. The program launches satellites for military, intelligence, civil, and commercial customers. In 2009, DOD and the NRO decided the program's business model needed improvement, and initiated studies to determine the best approach. The studies addressed potential business models, cost reductions, and the nation's assured access to space. Given expected changes to the EELV acquisition strategy, GAO was asked to (1) determine whether DOD has the knowledge it needs to develop a new EELV acquisition strategy, and (2) identify issues that could benefit future launch acquisitions. To address these questions, GAO reviewed launch studies, a supplier survey, and interviewed DOD and other officials. Among other things, GAO recommends DOD assess engine costs and mission assurance activities, reassess the length of the proposed block buy, and consider how to address broader launch acquisition and technology development issues. DOD generally concurred with the recommendations.
- Notes:
- Title from cover screen (viewed on Dec. 3, 2011).
- "September 2011."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- "GAO-11-641."
- OCLC:
- 767153942
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