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 2006-05-24 monographic deposited born digital 34 p. GA 1.13:GAO-06-537 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-537 P0b002ee1803893c9 f:d06537 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-537 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-537 GAO-06-537 Communication satellites Defense procurement Military satellites Procurement practices Program evaluation Program management Schedule slippages Cost estimates DOD Transformational Satellite Communications System Program Other Written Product A54686 The Department of Defense (DOD) wants to create a networked force where soldiers and systems are able to operate together seamlessly. To help facilitate this transformation, DOD began the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) program in January 2004. We reported in 2003 that TSAT was about to begin without sufficiently mature technology. In this report, at your request, we followed up with an assessment of (1) how the TSAT program is progressing, and (2) whether the program is using an acquisition approach that will provide the knowledge needed to enter product development. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-537/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-537.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-537/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-537.pdf GAO-06-537 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-537 Other Written Product GAO-06-537; Space Acquisitions: DOD Needs Additional Knowledge as it Embarks on a New Approach for Transformational Satellite Communications System; Communication satellites Defense procurement Military satellites Procurement practices Program evaluation Program management Schedule slippages Cost estimates DOD Transformational Satellite Communications System Program