The Ballistic Missile Defense Organization and the Army plan to acquire a Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) User Operational Evaluation System (UOES)-an early prototype version of the final THAAD system. UOES is intended to (1) allow military users to influence the THAAD system design, (2) permit an early operational assessment of the system's capabilities, and (3) provide a system that could be deployed in a national emergency. UOES will consist primarily of refurbished components acquired for the system's demonstration and validation phase, although the Army plans to purchase 40 UOES interceptors to provide the deployable system capability. Pursuant to its basic legislative responsibilities, the General Accounting Office (GAO) reviewed the THAAD UOES program to determine whether planned testing would reasonably demonstrate the capabilities of UOES as an interim system before funds are committed to interceptor production.
Ballistic Missile Defense: Issues Concerning Acquisition of THAAD Prototype System
1996
24 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Antimissile Defense Systems , Missile Tracking Systems , Acquisition , Prototypes , Ballistic missile intercept systems , Area defense , Army procurement , Department of defense , Deployment , Systems engineering , Validation , Demonstrations , Operational effectiveness , High altitude , User needs , Interceptors , Army planning , Thaad(Theater high altitude area defense) , Uoes(User operational evaluation system)
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