GAO: Air Force Needs Early Technology Insertion Plan For Future SBIRS

By Courtney Albon / April 3, 2015 at 4:24 PM
The Government Accountability Office has assessed the Air Force's technology insertion efforts for the Space-Based Infrared System as essentially too little, too late, and is recommending the service be proactive in developing a technology insertion plan for a future follow-on system. In an April 3 report , GAO recommended that the Air Force make technology planning a part of its SBIRS follow-on acquisition strategy, identifying obsolescence needs and future technology insertion points early in the process -- a departure from...

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