1993 DOD Budget: Potential Reductions in Command, Control, and Communications Satellite Programs - Government Accountability Office (GAO) report

1993 DOD Budget: Potential Reductions in Command, Control, and Communications Satellite Programs - GAO Report

Date:	Sept. 29, 1992
Report No.:	NSIAD-92-289BR
Pages:	20
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Subjects: Budget cuts Command control communications systems Communication satellites Cost analysis Defense procurement Future budget projections Military cost control Military procurement Military research and development Military satellites Schedule slippages Air Force Ground Computer Change Out Program Air Force Low Cost Terminal Defense Support Program Military Strategic and Tactical Relay Satellite Communications System MILSTAR Navy Arctic Satellite Communications Program Navy Fleet Satellite Communications Program Summary: GAO reviewed fiscal year 1993 budget requests by the Army, Navy, and Air Force as well as prior years' appropriations for command, control, and communications satellite programs. Schedule slippages and technical risks, together with cost, requirements, and program changes, have affected the program funding requirements for both fiscal years 1993 and 1992. GAO identified $120 million in potential reductions and rescissions. GAO focused on program cost, schedule, and performance issues and examined expenditure documents to see whether requests were adequately justified and prior years' unobligated funds should be retained. GAO also evaluated budgetary implications of program changes arising from threat changes identified by the Defense Department.