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MDA Could Strengthen Acquisition By Reducing Concurrency: GAO Report

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, April 24th, 2012

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After the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) successful target performances and flight test failures in fiscal year 2011, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports that without addressing and reducing “highly concurrent” acquisitions, the agency will continue to experience acquisition problems. For example, a design problem in a new Ground-Based Midcourse Defense interceptor while the missiles were being produced caused costs to rise, the auditors said. “Flight test cost to confirm its capability has increased from $236 million to about $1 billion,”…

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