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Commercial crew delays threaten access to ISS, GAO warns
Amid growing concerns about commercial crew delays, a GAO report recommended NASA share more schedule information with Congress and develop contingency plans to maintain access to the International Space Station.
GAO warns JWST could face more delays and cost overruns
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope faces the high probability of additional delays that could cause the telescope to exceed its cost cap, the U.S. Government Accountability Office warned in a Feb. 28 report.
GAO warns of further delays in certifying commercial crew vehicles
As the two companies developing commercial crew systems reiterated that they were on schedule to carry out test flights later this year, a government analysis of schedules concluded those vehicles may not be certified to carry NASA astronauts until late 2019 or early 2020.
GAO drops one weather satellite from list of high-risk missions, but adds another
The government watchdog removed NOAA's GOES geostationary orbit weather satellite program, which successfully launched in November.
NASA developing contingency plan for commercial crew delays
NASA plans to complete by the middle of March a contingency plan for ensuring access to the International Space Station should its two commercial crew partners suffer additional delays.
Report finds commercial spaceports confused about insurance requirements
A new report recommends that the FAA do more to assist commercial spaceports in determining their insurance requirements, but stops short of calling for regulatory changes regarding coverage for non-federal facilities.
Does the Pentagon need a Space Acquisition Agency?
U.S. Defense Department leaders suggested to the Government Accountability Office that to improve the management and oversight of the national security space enterprise, the Pentagon should consider creating a single space force, one that would handle duties currently assigned to the Defense Department and the National Reconnaissance Office.
GAO: Missile Defense Agency is using “high risk” approach for additional interceptors
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency is using a high-risk acquisition approach to bolster its number of ground-based interceptors and counter growing threats from North Korea, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.
GAO Rejects Protest of $1.2 Billion NASA Services Contract
Syncom Space Services is moving ahead on a $1.2 billion support services contract at NASA’s Stennis Space Center and Michoud Assembly Facility after the U.S. Government Accountability Office denied a protest from Jacobs Technology.
U.S. Plans $6 Billion Investment in Space Situational Awareness
The U.S. government, primarily the Department of Defense, plans to spend some $6 billion on efforts to monitor the space environment in real time through 2020, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
GAO Criticizes FAA for Lack of Commercial Space Budget Details
A report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office Sept. 21 concluded that the Federal Aviation Administration has not provided enough information about the workload of its commercial space office to justify the $1.5 million in additional funding it requested for 2016.
Orbital ATK Retains JPSS Work as GAO Strikes Down Ball Protest
The U.S. Government Accountability Office on July 16 denied a protest from Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. that sought to overturn the award of a U.S. weather satellite contract worth up to $470 million to rival Orbital ATK.
GPS 3 Sat, Ground Segment Costs Rose $1B in Last Year
The cost of the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation positioning, navigation and timing satellite constellation and its associated ground network has grown by $1.1 billion in the last 12 months.
GAO Won’t Reconsider Protest of LISC Contract
The U.S. Government Accountability Office denied a request April 3 from a team of defense contractors led by Honeywell and PAE to reconsider a protest of a $2 billion contract to support the U.S. Air Force’s two main launch ranges.
