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 2006-06-01 monographic deposited born digital 8 p. GA 1.13:GAO-06-776R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-776R P0b002ee1803949ff f:d06776r DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-776R machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-776R GAO-06-776R Aerospace research Cost analysis Cost overruns Defense capabilities Defense procurement Internal controls Labor force Military satellites Military technology Performance measures Procurement planning Procurement practices Program management Requirements definition Schedule slippages Space exploration Cost estimates DOD Advanced Extremely High Frequency Satellite Program Correspondence A55080 On April 6, 2006, we testified before Congress on the Department of Defense's (DOD) space acquisitions. In fiscal year 2007, DOD expects to spend nearly $7 billion to acquire space-based capabilities to support current military and other government operations as well as to enable DOD to transform the way it collects and disseminates information, gathers data on its adversaries, and attacks targets. Despite its growing investment in space, however, DOD's space system acquisitions have experienced problems over the past several decades that have driven up costs by hundreds of millions, even billions, of dollars; stretched schedules by years; and increased performance risks. In some cases, capabilities have not been delivered to the warfighter after decades of development. Within this context, Congress requested that we provide additional comments regarding the need for better program management, space acquisition policy, and DOD's Space Radar and Transformational Satellite Communications System acquisitions. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-776R/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-776R.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-776R/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-776R.pdf GAO-06-776R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-776R Correspondence GAO-06-776R; Defense Acquisitions: Space System Acquisition Risks and Keys to Addressing Them; Aerospace research Cost analysis Cost overruns Defense capabilities Defense procurement Internal controls Labor force Military satellites Military technology Performance measures Procurement planning Procurement practices Program management Requirements definition Schedule slippages Space exploration Cost estimates DOD Advanced Extremely High Frequency Satellite Program