The Department of Defense's (DOD's) programs to develop new satellites to alert U.S. military commanders to foreign missile launches, and to support missile defense objectives, are controversial because of cost growth and schedule slippage. SBIRS-High, managed by the Air Force, would replace existing Defense Support Program 'early warning' satellites. The Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS, formerly SBIRS-Low), managed by the Missile Defense Agency, would perform missile tracking and target discrimination for missile defense objectives. The SBIRS-High program has breached Nunn-McCurdy cost growth thresholds three times since 2002, most recently in March 2005.


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    Titel :

    Military Space Programs: Issues Concerning DOD's SBIRS and STSS Programs


    Beteiligte:
    M. S. Smith (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2005


    Format / Umfang :

    7 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch