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GAO-05-545R 1 (2005-05-18)

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United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548





                                  May 18, 2005

                                  The Honorable Terry Everett
                                  Chairman
                                  Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
                                  Committee on Armed Services
                                  House of Representatives

                                  The Honorable Silvestre Reyes
                                  Ranking Minority Member
                                  Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
                                  Committee on Armed Services
                                  House of Representatives

                                  Subject: Department of Defense Initiatives on High Energy Lasers Have
                                  Been Responsive to Congressional Direction


                                  Congress directed the Department of Defense (DOD) to prepare a master
                                  plan to develop laser technologies for potential weapons applications in
                                  the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000.' In response
                                  to this legislation, the High Energy Laser (HEL) Executive Review Panel
                                  was formed and issued the HEL Master Plan on March 24, 2000. This plan
                                  recommended that DOD implement a new management structure for HEL
                                  technologies and increase the funding allocated to HELs to achieve a
                                  better balance between large demonstration programs and the enabling
                                  science and technology projects. Subsequently, in the Floyd D. Spence
                                  National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2001, Congress directed
                                  the Secretary of Defense to implement the management and organizational
                                  structure specified in the Master Plan.2

                                  You asked us to review the extent to which DOD has implemented the
                                  recommendations of the HEL Master Plan, by assessing (1) whether DOD
                                  has achieved more balance between large demonstration projects and the




                                  1Pub. L. No. 106-65, sec. 251.
                                  2Pub. L. No. 106-398, sec. 242.


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