GAO Sees Industry As Role Model In DOD Space Systems Acquisition

摘要

Pentagon efforts to acquire military space systems, notorious for cost overruns and schedule slips, could be improved by incorporating best practices from the commercial sector, according to a Government Accountability Office letter to Congress.rnFor example, using more mature technology in Defense Department space systems is one principle that could translate from industry to the military, Cristina Chaplain, GAO's director for acquisition and sourcing management, wrote in the Jan. 14 letter to House Appropriations defense subcommittee John Murtha (D-PA).