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Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle: DOD Guidance Needed to Protect Government's Interest

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date June 11, 1998
Report No. NSIAD-98-151
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Summary:

The primary purpose of the Defense Department's (DOD) evolved expendable launch vehicle program is to reduce the costs of sending satellites into space and, at a minimum, maintain the reliability, operability, and capability levels of current launch systems. However, because of methodology weaknesses, DOD cannot be certain that its program to build a family of launch vehicles is economically justified. Until the government's total expenses are determined, including recurring and nonrecurring costs and the time value of money, the program's net savings will remain unclear.

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