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GAO-14-248R 1 (2014-03-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaahsb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 March 14, 2014 Congressional Addressees Regional Missile Defense: DOD's Report Provided Limited Information; Assessment of Acquisition Risks is Optimistic In response to changing threats in the region and new opportunities created by advances in missile defense technology, in September 2009 the President announced a new policy for ballistic missile defense of Europe, called the European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPAA). EPAA is designed to rely on increasingly capable missiles, sensors, and command and control systems to defend Europe against threat missiles of various ranges. In its February 2010 Ballistic Missile Defense Review, DOD presented EPAA as part of a broader policy for regional ballistic missile defense, to also include phased adaptive approaches for other regions such as East Asia and the Middle East. DOD's Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is developing and integrating capabilities that will be part of EPAA. U.S. Strategic Command works with the military services and regional combatant commands-such as U.S. European Command for EPAA-to determine whether to accept those capabilities. We have issued reports in 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013 containing assessments of EPAA.1 The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (NDAA) mandated that the Secretary of Defense submit to the congressional defense committees a report describing the status and progress of regional missile defense programs and efforts (including EPAA) and required DOD to include certain topics:2 * Assessment of the adequacy of the existing and planned European Phased Adaptive Approach to provide force protection for forward-deployed forces of the United States in Europe against ballistic missile threats from Iran, and an assessment whether adequate force protection would be available absent the European Phased Adaptive Approach, given current and planned Patriot, Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, and Aegis ballistic missile defense capability. * Description of the progress made in the development and testing of elements of systems intended for deployment in Phases 2 through 4 of the European Phased Adaptive Approach, and an assessment of technical and schedule risks. * Description of the missile defense priorities and capability needs of the regional combatant commands, and the planned regional missile defense architectures derived from those capability needs and priorities. GAO, Missile Defense: Opportunity to Refocus on Strengthening Acquisition Management, GAO-1 3-432 (Washington, D.C.: Apr. 26, 2013); GAO, Missile Defense: Opportunity Exists to Strengthen Acquisitions by Reducing Concurrency, GAO-1 2-486 (Washington, D.C.: Apr. 20, 2012); GAO, Missile Defense: Actions Needed to Improve Transparency and Accountability, GAO-1 1-372 (Washington, D.C.: Mar. 24, 2011); GAO, Ballistic Missile Defense: DOD Needs to Address Planning and Implementation Challenges for Future Capabilities in Europe, GAO-I 1-220 (Washington, D.C.: Jan. 26, 2011); GAO, Missile Defense: European Phased Adaptive Approach Acquisitions Face Synchronization, Transparency, and Accountability Challenges, GAO-I 1-1 79R (Washington, D.C.: Dec. 21, 2010). 2 Pub. L. No. 112-239, § 229. GAO-14-248R Regional Missile Defense Page 1

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