Defense Science Board report on milspace

http://www.space.com/news/military_space_030904.html
Report: U.S. Military Space Programs in Turmoil
By Jeremy Singer
Space News Staff Writer
posted: 12:45 pm ET
04 September 2003
[EXCERPT]


WASHINGTON -- An emphasis on meeting cost targets at the expense
of sound engineering and testing is largely behind the turmoil
that has plagued U.S. military space programs in recent years,
according to a report commissioned last summer by the U.S. Air
Force.

The "Report of the Defense Science Board/Air Force Scientific
Advisory Board Joint Task Force on Acquisition of National
Security Space Programs" found that Pentagon budget cuts in
1990s placed heavy pressure on space program managers to make
cost a dominant factor in awarding contracts. The report has been
circulating at the Pentagon since May and was released publicly
Sept. 4.


The report is now available at
http://www.acq.osd.mil/dsb/space.pdf
and
http://www.fas.org/spp/military/dsb.pdf

The "Report of the Defense Science Board/Air Force Scientific
Advisory Board Joint Task Force on Acquisition of National
Security Space Programs" found that Pentagon budget cuts in
1990s placed heavy pressure on space program managers to make
cost a dominant factor in awarding contracts. The report has been
circulating at the Pentagon since May and was released publicly
Sept. 4.

Using Google News to look for stories deriving from this DSB report
(there are surprisingly few, considering the what the report has
to say), I found,

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/busine...eingspy06.html
Saturday, September 6, 2003
'Serious deficiencies' found in Boeing spy satellite program
By TONY CAPACCIO
BLOOMBERG NEWS
[EXCERPTS]

The Boeing Co.'s program to build U.S. spy satellites [FIA] is
"technically flawed," and requires "urgent and critical action"
to prevent failure, says a Pentagon analysis [the DSB report].

[megasnip]

The Defense Science Board verified many of the findings of an
April 2002 assessment performed at Teets' request that warned
of possible launch delays.

"The panel really did identify the fact that we were heading for
a cliff," Teets said of the earlier assessment. "We were going to
find problems in final assembly, integration and test that were
going to create real havoc," Teets said.


It's interesting to compare a report of the results of the 2002 panel,
available at
http://www.globalsecurity.org/org/ne...020719-fia.htm ,
with what's now coming out.

"Allen Thomson" wrote in message
om...
The "Report of the Defense Science Board/Air Force Scientific
Advisory Board Joint Task Force on Acquisition of National
Security Space Programs" found that Pentagon budget cuts in
1990s placed heavy pressure on space program managers to make
cost a dominant factor in awarding contracts. The report has been
circulating at the Pentagon since May and was released publicly
Sept. 4.

Using Google News to look for stories deriving from this DSB report
(there are surprisingly few, considering the what the report has
to say), I found,

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/busine...eingspy06.html
Saturday, September 6, 2003
'Serious deficiencies' found in Boeing spy satellite program
By TONY CAPACCIO
BLOOMBERG NEWS
[EXCERPTS]

The Boeing Co.'s program to build U.S. spy satellites [FIA] is
"technically flawed," and requires "urgent and critical action"
to prevent failure, says a Pentagon analysis [the DSB report].

[megasnip]

The Defense Science Board verified many of the findings of an
April 2002 assessment performed at Teets' request that warned
of possible launch delays.

"The panel really did identify the fact that we were heading for
a cliff," Teets said of the earlier assessment. "We were going to
find problems in final assembly, integration and test that were
going to create real havoc," Teets said.


It's interesting to compare a report of the results of the 2002 panel,
available at
http://www.globalsecurity.org/org/ne...020719-fia.htm ,
with what's now coming out.

There are allot of things that were done by the "Clinton Administration"
cost cutting wise that are now coming home to roost.
Ralph Nesbitt