Military Space Operations Common Problems And Their Effects On Satellite And Related Acquisitions
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Military Space Operations Common Problems And Their Effects On Satellite And Related Acquisitions
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Author : United States. General Accounting Office
language : en
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Release Date : 2003
Military Space Operations Common Problems And Their Effects On Satellite And Related Acquisitions written by United States. General Accounting Office and has been published by DIANE Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with categories.
In fiscal year 2003, the Department of Defense expects to spend more than $18 billion to develop, acquire, and operate satellites and other space-related systems. Satellite systems collect information on the capabilities and intentions of potential adversaries. They enable military forces to be warned of a missile attack and to communicate and navigate while avoiding hostile action. And they provide information that allows forces to precisely attack targets in ways that minimize collateral damage and loss of life. DOD's satellites also enable global communications, television broadcasts, weather forecasting; navigation of ships, planes, trucks, and cars; and synchronization of computers, communications, and electric power grids. Congress requested that we review reports we issued on satellite and other space-related programs over the past two decades and identify common problems affecting these programs. The majority of satellite programs cost more than expected and took longer to develop and launch than planned. In reviewing our past reports, we found that these results were commonly tied to the following problems. Requirements for what the satellite needed to do and how well it must perform were not adequately defined at the beginning of a program or were changed significantly once the program had already begun. Investment practices were weak. For example, potentially more cost-effective approaches were not examined and cost estimates were optimistic. Acquisition strategies were poorly executed. For example, competition was reduced for the sake of schedule or DOD did not adequately oversee contractors. Technologies were not mature enough to be included in product development. Several factors contributed to these problems. First, DOD often took a schedule-driven instead of a knowledge-driven approach to the acquisition process. As a result, activities essential to containing costs, maximizing competition among contractors and testing technologies were compressed or not done. Second, there is a diverse array of organizations with competing interests involved in overall satellite development--from the individual military services, to testing organizations, contractors, civilian agencies, and in some cases international partners. This created challenges in making tough tradeoff decisions, particularly since, for many years, there was no high-level official within the Office of the Secretary of Defense dedicated to developing and enforcing an overall investment strategy for space. Third, space acquisition programs have historically attempted to satisfy all requirements in a single step, regardless of the design challenge or the maturity of technologies to achieve the full capability. This approach made it difficult to match requirements to available resources (in terms of time, money, and technology). Other factors also created challenges for the satellite acquisition programs we reviewed. These include a shrinking industrial base, a declining space workforce, difficulties associated with testing satellites in a realistic environment, as well as challenges associated with launching satellites.
Military Space Operations
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Author : Katherine V. Schinasi
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Military Space Operations written by Katherine V. Schinasi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Astronautics, Military categories.
Defense Acquisitions Incentives And Pressures That Drive Problems Affecting Satellite And Related Acquisitions
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language : en
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Defense Acquisitions Incentives And Pressures That Drive Problems Affecting Satellite And Related Acquisitions written by and has been published by DIANE Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Beyond Horizons
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Author : David N. Spires
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Beyond Horizons written by David N. Spires and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Astronautics, Military categories.
Defense Acquisitions Improvements Needed In Space Systems Acquisition Management Policy
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language : en
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
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Environmental Satellite Acquisitions Progress And Challenges
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language : en
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Release Date : 2007
Environmental Satellite Acquisitions Progress And Challenges written by and has been published by DIANE Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with categories.
Military Satellites
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Author : Abel Chirila
language : en
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Release Date : 2010-03-24
Military Satellites written by Abel Chirila and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-24 with Artificial satellites categories.
This book explores the United States reliance on space operations for its security. Identifying vulnerabilities will allow us to apply our full range of capabilities to ensure space superiority and continued support to joint military operations across the spectrum of conflict. Space superiority is as much about protecting our space assets as it is about preparing to counter an enemy's space or anti-space assets. Space-based technologies and services permit people to communicate, companies to do business, civic groups to serve the public and scientists to conduct research. Thus, the United States is very reliant on satellites and will likely continue to be for many years to come. Today, small nations, groups, and individuals can acquire ground target data from commercial imagery sources, navigation and weather data from government-owned satellites and state of the art command and control capabilities through commercial communications satellites. These functions are also discussed in this book.
Department Of Defense Authorization For Appropriations For Fiscal Year 2011 Strategic Forces
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Department Of Defense Authorization For Appropriations For Fiscal Year 2011 Strategic Forces written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Military research categories.
Defense Acquisitions
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Author : United States. Government Accountability Office
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Defense Acquisitions written by United States. Government Accountability Office and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Astronautics, Military categories.
Defense Acquisitions Spacebased Radar Effort Needs Additional Knowledge Before Starting Development Report To Congressional Committees
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language : en
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Defense Acquisitions Spacebased Radar Effort Needs Additional Knowledge Before Starting Development Report To Congressional Committees written by and has been published by DIANE Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.