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 limits several times, resulting in several program restructurings. This is the final edition of this report.
Military Space Programs: Issues Concerning DOD's SBIRS and STSS Programs
2006
7 pages
Report
No indication
English
Antimissile Defense Systems , Military Operations, Strategy, & Tactics , Unmanned Spacecraft , Department of defense , Space surveillance , Target discrimination , Guided missile defense systems , Guided missile tracking systems , Artificial satellites , Guided missiles , Space missions , Early warning systems , Guided missile detection , Military commanders , Defense systems , Tracking , Military forces(Foreign) , Guided missile launchers , Military operations , Early warning satellite systems , Foreign missile launches , Stss(Space tracking and surveillance system) , Dsp(Defense support program)