United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2003-01-27 monographic deposited born digital 12 p. GA 1.13:GAO-03-324R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-324R P0b002ee18038f9ac f:d03324r DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-324R machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-324R GAO-03-324R Competition Competitive procurement Military research and development Research and development contracts Weapons research and development DOD National Missile Defense Program Correspondence A06009 You asked us, as a follow-on to our recent review of the early sensor tests for the exoatmospheric kill vehicle (EKV), to look into the circumstances surrounding Boeing Lead Systems Integrator's (LSI) selection of Raytheon's EKV device for further testing. Specifically, you asked us to (1) determine whether there was a misuse of Raytheon's proprietary information by the Boeing EKV team, as had been reported in the media, and whether these events affected the planned competition for an EKV contractor; (2) determine whether a request for proposals (RFP) was ever prepared, whether proposals were submitted, whether formal criteria were used to evaluate the two systems, and whether a formal technical comparison or analysis of the two systems was used to select between them; (3) describe the basis for the selection of Raytheon; (4) identify whether the decision was made by BMDO or Boeing LSI, and, if the decision was made by Boeing LSI, determine the extent to which BMDO was aware of the circumstances surrounding the decision; and (5) identify the amount of money the U.S. government spent to develop the two EKV systems that were to be competed against each other and, if one of the contractors was excluded from the competition, determine whether any effort was made to recoup the money paid to that contractor. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-324R/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-324R.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-324R/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-324R.pdf GAO-03-324R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-324R Correspondence GAO-03-324R; Missile Defense: Events Related to Contractor Selection for the Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle; Competition Competitive procurement Military research and development Research and development contracts Weapons research and development DOD National Missile Defense Program