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Defense Support Program: Ground Station Upgrades Not Based on Validated Requirements

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date May 21, 1993
Report No. NSIAD-93-148
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Summary:

GAO believes that it is premature to upgrade Defense Support Program ground processing stations, part of a strategic surveillance and early warning satellite system, because the Air Force has not completed validation of operational requirements as mandated by military regulations. GAO also found that including global processing capability in the upgrades may not be cost-effective. Global processing would enable the Air Force to process data generated by the total Defense Support Program satellite constellation network at a single ground station. Air Force officials said, however, that there are no corresponding plans to reduce the number of ground stations. This factor, together with an incomplete requirements process, raises considerable doubts about the Air Force's plan to spend $95 million to upgrade the stations.

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