Missile Defense: Actions Needed to Improve Transparency and Accountability

Cristina Chaplain

lip 2011. · DIANE Publishing

O ovoj e-knjizi

Since 2002, Congress has required an assessment of the Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) annual fiscal year cost, schedule, testing, and performance progress in developing the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS). This report specifically assesses MDA's progress in: (1) delivering missile defense assets as scheduled; (2) improving accountability and transparency over the past year; (3) implementing the European Phased Adaptive Approach; (4) implementing changes to the Ground-based Midcourse Defense program; (5) implementing the targets revised acquisition strategy identified in 2009; and (6) testing the BMDS and developing its modeling and simulations to assess performance. Illus. This is a print on demand report.