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GAO-16-339R 1 (2016-04-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaajvn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 April 28, 2016 Congressional Committees Missile Defense: Ballistic Missile Defense System Testing Delays Affect Delivery of Capabilities For over half a century, the Department of Defense (DOD) has been funding efforts to develop a system to detect, track, and defeat enemy ballistic missiles. The current system-the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS)-includes a diverse collection of land-, sea-, and space-based assets located around the globe. Since 2002, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA)-the agency charged with developing an integrated the BMDS-has received approximately $123 billion to develop and deploy this highly complex group of systems. Additionally, it is planning to spend around $38 billion through fiscal year 2020 to continue its efforts to develop, integrate, and field BMDS elements and supporting efforts, such as BMDS targets necessary for testing. Since 2002, various National Defense Authorization Acts (NDAA) included provisions for GAO to prepare annual assessments of MDA's progress toward meeting its acquisition goals.1 The fiscal year 2012 NDAA requires us to report on the extent to which MDA has achieved its stated acquisition goals and objectives, as reported through its acquisition baselines in the BMDS Accountability Report (BAR), and include any other findings and recommendations on MDA's acquisition programs and accountability, as appropriate.2 To date, we have provided 12 reports covering MDA's annual progress and made recommendations to address challenges in developing and fielding BMDS capabilities, as well as other transparency, accountability, and oversight issues. This year, to fulfill our responsibilities under the mandate, we have prepared this report, which is accompanied by detailed briefing slides (see enclosure II). We briefed your staff on the information in the briefing slides in February, March and April 2016. Our review addresses (1) the extent to which MDA and its missile defense elements progressed in achieving its fiscal year 2015 testing goals as reported in its acquisition baselines and (2) the progress, if any, MDA achieved in developing and delivering capabilities and assets for the Ballistic Missile Defense System. We focused this review on MDA's testing and asset delivery goals necessary to achieve an integrated BMDS. To assess the extent to which MDA and its missile defense elements progressed in achieving its fiscal year 2015 testing goals as reported in the acquisition 1National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002, Pub. L. No. 107-107, § 232(g) (2001); Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005, Pub. L. No. 108-375, § 233 (2004); National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006, Pub. L. No. 109-163, § 232; John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007, Pub. L. No. 109-364, § 224 (2006); and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, Pub. L. No. 110-181, § 225; and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, Pub. L. No. 112-81, § 232 (2011). 2National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, Pub. L. No. 112-81, § 232 (a) (2011). GAO-16-339R Ballistic Missile Defense Page 1

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