Financial Status of Major Federal Acquisitions, September 30, 1977

Information was included on acquisitions which are past the planning stage and are in the development, test, production, or construction phases. The Department of Defense defined major programs as those with an estimated research, development, test, and evaluation cost exceeding $75 million or an estimated production cost exceeding $300 million. Civil agencies are establishing criteria to define major acquisitions since definitions vary in each agency.