Lockheed Martin says that it has completed another Space Radar review—on-schedule—and is headed toward system requirements review. A company release dated June 27 says the Air Force, Intelligence Community, and DOD participated in the integrated baseline review at Lockheed’s Denver facility that culminated in mid-April—yes, April. Meanwhile, the Senate Committee on Select Intelligence thinks it would be a good idea to terminate the Space Radar.
The emphasis on speed in the Pentagon’s newly unveiled slate of acquisition reforms may come with increased near-term cost increases, analysts say. But according to U.S. defense officials, the new weapons-buying construct provides the military with enough flexibility to prevent runaway budget overruns in major programs.
