NY Times: Spy Satellite Program and Unrealistic Bids

[Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>]

Since May '02 the situation is the following now:

"The contractor building the satellites, Boeing, was still giving Washington reassuring progress reports. But the 
program was threatening to outstrip its $5 billion budget, and pivotal parts of the design seemed increasingly unworkable.
Peter B. Teets, the new head of the nation’s spy satellite agency, appointed a panel of experts to examine the secret 
project, telling them, according to one member, “Find out what’s going on, find the terrible truth I suspect is out 
there.”

The panel reported that the project, called Future Imagery Architecture, was far behind schedule and would most likely cost 
$2 billion to $3 billion more than planned, according to records from the satellite agency, the National Reconnaissance 
Office. "
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More at
In Death of Spy Satellite Program, Lofty Plans and Unrealistic Bids:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/11/washington/11satellite.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1194886955-PGCqqhZEDBwnJgI9hGiXcA&pagewanted=print

- Juha-Matti

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