Department of Defense news release (April 11, 2005): department of defense selected acquisition reports.The Department of Defense has released details on major defense acquisition program cost and schedule changes since the September September: see month. 2004 reporting period. This information is based on the Selected Acquisition Reports (SARs SARS or severe acute respiratory syndrome, communicable viral disease that can progress to a potentially fatal pneumonia. The first symptoms of SARS are usually a high fever, headache and body aches, sore throat, and mild respiratory symptoms; ) submitted to the Congress for the Dec. 31, 2004, reporting period. SARs summarize sum·ma·rize intr. & tr.v. sum·ma·rized, sum·ma·riz·ing, sum·ma·riz·es To make a summary or make a summary of. sum the latest estimates of cost, schedule, and technical status. These reports are prepared annually in conjunction with the president's budget. Subsequent quarterly exception reports are required only for those programs experiencing unit cost increases of at least 15 percent or schedule delays of at least six months. Quarterly SARs are also submitted for initial reports, final reports, and for programs that are rebaselined at major milestone decisions. The total program cost estimates provided in the SARs include research and development, procurement The fancy word for "purchasing." The procurement department within an organization manages all the major purchases. , military construction, and acquisition-related operations and maintenance (except for pre-Milestone B programs, which are limited to development costs pursuant to 10 U.S.C. [section]2432). Total program costs reflect actual costs to date as well as future anticipated costs. All estimates include anticipated inflation allowances. The current estimate of program acquisition costs for programs covered by SARs for the prior reporting period (September 2004) was $1,370,943.2 million. After adding the costs for four new programs--Aerial Common Sensor (ACS (Asynchronous Communications Server) See network access server. ), Patriot/Medium Extended Air Defense System Combined Aggregate Program (PATRIOT/MEADS CAP), Standard Missile-6 (SM-6), and B-2 Radar Modernization modernization Transformation of a society from a rural and agrarian condition to a secular, urban, and industrial one. It is closely linked with industrialization. As societies modernize, the individual becomes increasingly important, gradually replacing the family, Program (RMP RMP right mentoposterior (position of the fetus). )--from the September 2004 reporting period, the adjusted current estimate of program acquisition costs was $1,412,567.9 million. For the December December: see month. 2004 reporting period, there was a net cost increase of $59,616.4 million or +4.2 percent for programs that have reported previously, resulting in a new current estimate of $1,472,184.3 million. The net cost increase was due primarily to additional engineering changes (hardware/software) (+$35,203.8 million), the application of higher escalation es·ca·late v. es·ca·lat·ed, es·ca·lat·ing, es·ca·lates v.tr. To increase, enlarge, or intensify: escalated the hostilities in the Persian Gulf. v.intr. rates (+$32,127.1 million), a net stretch-out of development and procurement schedules (+$20,112.9 million). These increases were partially offset by a net decrease of planned quantities to be purchased (-$24,478.7 million) and lower program cost estimates (-$6,603.4 million). New SARs (As of Dec. 31, 2004) The Department of Defense has submitted initial SARs for Mission Planning System See spreadsheet and financial planning system. , Mobile User Objective System The Mobile User Objective System is an array of satellites being developed for the United States Department of Defense to provide global SATCOM narrowband (64 kbit/s and below) connectivity for communications uses by the United States and allies. , and Ship Self Defense System. These reports do not represent cost growth. Baselines established on these programs will be the point from which future changes will be measured. The current cost estimates are provided above.
CURRENT ESTIMATE ($ IN MILLIONS)
September 2004 (82 programs) $1,370,943.2
Plus four new programs:
ACS, PATRIOT/MEADS CAP, SM-6 and B-2 RMP +41,624.7
Plus two additional programs that result from dividing
Chemical Demilitarization into three programs:
Chemical Materials Agency (CMA), CMA Newport, and
Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives 0.0
September 2004 Adjusted (88 programs) +1,412,567.9
Changes Since Last Report:
Economic $ +32,127.1
Quantity -24,478.7
Schedule +20,112.9
Engineering +35,203.8
Estimating -6,603.4
Other -722.4
Support +3,977.1
Net Cost Change $+59,616.4
December 2004 (88 programs) $1,472,184.3
CURRENT ESTIMATE ($ IN MILLIONS)
Program
Mission Planning System (MPS) $1,682.4
Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) 5,931.4
Ship Self Defense System (SSDS) 1,460.3
Total $9,074.1
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