Tactical Intelligence: Accelerated Joint STARS Ground Station Acquisition Strategy is Risky.

The Army lacks an analysis justifying a need to accelerate the fielding of the CGS system and can save millions of dollars by minimizing production In its second year of CGS production. Furthermore, there are inherent risks in procuring systems prior to their successful completion of an OTE and the benefits of the Armys acquisition strategy do not clearly outweigh the associated risks. We therefore recommend that the Secretary of Defense direct the Secretary of the Army to limit the future system procurement to the minimum quantity necessary to maintain the CGS contract i.e. one system in each contract option year until the CGS has successfully completed an OTE.