Missile defense, mixed progress in achieving acquisition goals and improving accountability : report to Congressional committees.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Missile Defense Agency--Appropriations and expenditures--Evaluation.

United States.

United States. Missile Defense Agency--Procurement--Evaluation.

United States. Missile Defense Agency.

Ballistic missile defenses--United States.

Ballistic missile defenses.

Armed Forces--Procurement--Evaluation.

Expenditures, Public.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ii, 44 pages) : color illustration

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : United States Government Accountability Office, 2014.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

Since 2002, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has spent approximately $98 billion and has requested $38 billion more through fiscal year 2018 to develop, test, and field a system to defend against enemy ballistic missiles. The BMDS is comprised of a command and control system, sensors that identify incoming threats, and intercepting missiles. GAO is mandated by law to assess the extent to which MDA has achieved its acquisition goals and objectives, as reported to Congress through its acquisition baselines, and to report on other issues as appropriate. This report examines the agency's progress and any challenges in fiscal year 2013 associated with (1) developing, flight testing, and producing individual systems, which MDA refers to as BMDS elements; and (2) reporting resource and schedule baselines that support oversight. To support this effort, GAO examined MDA's acquisition and test reports, analyzed two of MDA's acquisition baselines -- resource and schedule -- to discern progress, and interviewed a wide range of DOD and contractor officials.

Contents:

Background

BMDS flight tests successfully executed, but development challenges continue

MDA made its resource and schedule baselines clearer, but further actions needed to enhance their use for oversight

Conclusions.

Notes:

"April 2014."

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (GAO, viewed April 3, 2014).

OCLC:

875578867