GAO: Air Force Weather AOA includes incomplete assessment of key capabilities

By Courtney Albon / March 10, 2016 at 10:40 AM
Preliminary findings from an ongoing Government Accountability Office study reveal that the Air Force's recently completed analysis of alternatives for future weather systems may include incomplete assessments of two high-priority capabilities -- theater weather imagery and cloud characterization. The agency disclosed the early results of its study on the Weather Systems Follow-On AOA as part of a March 9 statement to the Senate Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee, which compiled reviews of the Defense Department's space acquisition programs over the...

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