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Date July 31, 1986 Report No. NSIAD-86-45S-17 Title

DOD Acquisition: Case Study of the Air Force Space Based Space Surveillance System

United GAO July 31,1986 130579 Report to Congressional Requesters States General Accounting Office DOD ACQUISITION Case Study of the Air Force SpaceBased SpaceSurveillance System 130579 IIN I ;PllllI llllllllllllll G+O/NSIAD-86-4BS-17 Preface The Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs and its Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management asked GAOto examine the capabilities ...
Date March 7, 1986 Report No. RCED-86-111 Title

Weather Satellites: User Views on the Consequences of Eliminating a Civilian Polar Orbiter

‘United States General Accounting Office GAO, March 1986 Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Natural Resources,Agriculture Research, and Environment, Committee on Science and Technology House of Representatives I WEATHER SATELLITES User Views on the Consequencesof Eliminating a Civilian Polar Orbiter IO/RCED-86-111 Q3w--qfw3~~ United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Re...
Date June 14, 1985 Report No. NSIAD-85-104 Title

National Defense: Status of the U.S. Antisatellite Program

Report To The Honorable George E. Brown, Jr. I House Of Representatives 1Status Of The U.S. I Antisatellite Program 1 ~ ( 1 This report provides current cost, schedule, and testing information on the U.S. antisatellite program. DOD is currently reassessing the program. 127357 GAO/NSIAD-85-104 JUNE 14,1985 Request for copies of GAO reports should be sent to: U.S. General Accounting Off ice Document...
Date Feb. 1, 1984 Report No. NSIAD-84-54 Title

Government Operations: GAO Examination of Air Force's Proposed Multiyear Procurement for DSCS III

UNITEDSTATES CENERALACCOUNT~NC OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 NATIONAL INTLRYATIONAL SLCUIIW AffAlRS AN0 OlVlLlON February 1, 1984 B-206570 The Honorable Ted Stevens Chairman, Subcommittee on Defense Committee on Appropriations United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: GAO examination of Air Force's proposed procurement for the Defense Satellite Communications System III (NSIAD-84-54) multiy...
Date Jan. 27, 1983 Report No. C-MASAD-83-5 Title

National Defense: U.S. Antisatellite Program Needs a Fresh Look

c. ‘ 4 ‘4 . . -a ’ This is an unclassified digest furnished in lieu of areportcontPiningc~dsecurityinfonmation. _REPORT BY THE COMPTROLLERGENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES DIGEST ---Current and projected Soviet space capabilities are a known threat to U.S. and allied land, and space forces. sea, air, According to the Department of Defense (DOD), the Soviets have a vigorous and constantly expandin...
Date Aug. 12, 1982 Report No. MASAD-82-43 Title

National Defense: Evaluation of NASA Comments on Consolidated Space Operations Center

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTJNGOFFKE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 , MISSION SYSTEMS ANALYSIS ACQU!SITION AND DIVISION B-205335 AUGUST 12.1982 The Honorable United States Dear Senator Subject: Harrison Senate Schmitt: H. Schmitt Evaluation of NASA Comments On GAO Report MASAD-82-14 "Consolidated Space Operations Center Lacks Adequate DOD Planning" (GAO/MASAD-82-43) As requested in your letter of July 28...
Date March 22, 1982 Report No. B-205335 Title

National Defense: The Consolidated Space Operations Center Is Not Supported by Adequate Defense Department Planning

UNITEDSTATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 MISSION ANALYSIS SYSTEMS ACOUISITION AND DlVlSlOlu B-205335 MARCH 22,1982 The Honorable Harrison H. Schmitt Chairman, Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Space Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation united States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: As requested in your letter of January 28, 1982, we have svaluated the Department of...
Date Jan. 29, 1982 Report No. MASAD-82-14 Title

Science, Space, and Technology: Consolidated Space Operations Center Lacks Adequate DOD Planning

BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Report ToThe Congress OF THEUNITED STATES Consolidated Space Operations Center Lacks Adequate DOD Planning The Department of Defense is planning construction of a Consolidated Space Operations Center near Colorado Springs in FY 1983. The Air Force, as executive agent, estimates that this joint military satellite/Shuttle operations control facility will cost approximately $...
Date Feb. 28, 1981 Report No. MASAD-81-6 Title

DOD Participation in the Space Transportation System: Status and Issues

/ gqj BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL OF THEUNITEDSTATES . _ Report To The Congress DOD Participation In The Space Transportation System: Status And Issues The Space Transportation System has been delayed 3-l/2 years and the cost of Defense participation in the program has increased $1.6 billion--from about $1.2 billion in fiscal year 1978 to about $2.8 billion in fiscal year 1982. To date, the delays ha...
Date May 9, 1980 Report No. LCD-80-59 Title

National Defense: Does DOD Need a Dedicated System of High Altitude Satellites To Meet Its Strategic Communications Requirements for the Next Decade?

RmTRICTmD Accounthg - Ma to by by the Ot Office except a of ceqpesknal COM~ROLLER WASHINGTON. rekrw!d the”ba‘;rio OF D.C. et:t??de the General OF fcpecifk Robtlonr. THE UNITED 20518 approval GENERAL S-t-Al-ES B-198663 RELEASED #lAY 9,198O The Honorable Joseph P. Addabbo Subcommittee on Defense Chairman, Committee on Appropriations "0.304 House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: of Defense N...
Date Feb. 15, 1980 Report No. PSAD-80-21 Title

National Defense: NAVSTAR Should Improve the Effectiveness of Military Missions--Cost Has Increased

BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL ! Report To The Congress s OF THE UNITEDSTATES NAVSTARShould Improve The Effectiveness Of Military Missions-Cost Has Increased The NAVSTAR Global Positioning System program, which is being developed for precise worldwide navigation and position capability, has increased in cost from about $1.7 billion to $8.6 billion. This is due largely to estimates not previously inclu...
Date Aug. 10, 1979 Report No. LCD-79-108 Title

National Defense: Relative Performance of Defense and Commercial Communications Satellite Programs

OF THE UNITED STATES ercial Communic Military communications satellite programs have been more costly, more technically difficult, and harder to manage than the commercial programs. The military programs’ technical problems also have been compounded by launch vehicle failures to attain orbit, The report was prepared at the)iE$i’$$of former Chairman, House Committee Appropriations. the on 11029...
Date April 30, 1979 Report No. LCD-79-104 Title

Transportation: Should NAVSTAR Be Used for Civil Navigation? FAA Should Improve Its Efforts To Decide

Comptroller General Should NAVSTARBe Used For Civil Navigation? FAA Should improve Its Efforts To Decide The federal Aviation Administration (f AA) is making an extensive evaluation of DOD’ s planned NAVSTAR satellite navigation system to determine if it should also become the primary civil air navigation system. The Chairman, Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation, and Weather, House Committe...
Date Jan. 24, 1977 Report No. PSAD-77-50 Title

Government Operations: Comparison of the NAVSTAR Program with the Acquisition Plan Recommended by the Commission on Government Procurement

DOCUMENT RESUME 01115 - [A0751051] Comparison of the NAVSTAR Program with the Acquisiticn Plan ReLsmmended by the Commission on Government Procurement. PSAD-77-50; B-182956. January 24, 1977. 22 pp. + appendices (14 pp.). to the Congress; by Blmer BS Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Federal Procurement of Goods and Contact: Procurement and Systems Acquisition Services (1900). Div. Budget F...
Date Aug. 24, 1976 Report No. 094668 Title

Government Operations: Overview of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFiCi 'WifHTNGTDN, D. D. 20548 ' 1 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 10:00 AM, E.D.T. TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1976 1. STATEMENT OF ROBERT F. KELLER DEPUTY COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES 3 --ii/ SUBCOMMI7lEE ON FEDERAL SPENDING PRACTICES,~~~~'r EFFICIENCY, SENATE COMMIiEE AND OPEN GOVERNMENT ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS ON OVERVIEW OF THE OFFICE OF FEDERAL PROC...
Date July 15, 1976 Report No. LCD-76-127 Title

Science, Space, and Technology: Methodology Used in Lease-Versus-Purchase Decision for Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System

UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTINGOFFICE BY THE COMPTROLLER OF THE- UNITED STATES, IllllllllIll11 IIlll/II Ill11lllll Ill1 Ill Ill11 lllll LM098239 Methodology Used In LeaseVersus-Purchase Decision For Tracking And Data Relay Satellite System National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA’s decision to acquire the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System by lease was predicated, in part, on its...
Date May 6, 1975 Report No. LCD-74-107 Title

Science, Space, and Technology: United States Should Recover Full Costs of Reimbursable Satellite Launches

Department National of Defense Aeronautics and Space Administration LCD-74-1 07 l4AY 6,1975 COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF THE UNITED D.C. 20548 STATES B-168707 Cl To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives This is our report entitled Recover Full Costs of Reimbursable ing ing “The’United Satellite States Should Launches.” We made our review pursuant t...
Date Feb. 1, 1973 Report No. 093817 Title

Science, Space, and Technology: Defense Satellite Communications System--Phase II

* t - U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTlNG OFFICE STAFF STUDY LA- _^ I DEFENSE SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - PHASE II DEPARTNENT OF DEFENSE FEBRUARY1973 ABBREV i AT IONS DCA DCP DOD DSCS GAO SAMSO SAR SATCOMA Defense Communications Agency Paper Devc I opmen t Concept Department Defense General Space Selected Satellite of Sate1 Defense 1 i te Communications Office Systems System . Accounting and Missile Acq...