Prjct Scrts ws clssfd .S. Dfns ntllgnc gncy prgrm stblshd n 1983 wthn th Rgn dmnstrtn. t ws fndd nd drctd by physcst Mchl C. Skr t dtrmn why th ntd Stts ws nbl t mntn cnmc cmpttvnss—nd t rctfy th sttn.
ccrdng t Prjct Scrts: [B]rd’s y vw f cmpttn wnt fr bynd, n trms f scp nd cmpltnss, th xtrmly nrrw slcs f dt tht wr vlbl t th prfssrs, prfssnl cnmsts, nd cnsltnts tht ddrssd th ss f cmpttvnss. Th cnclsns tht th Scrts tm drvd bt cmpttvnss n gnrl nd bt th .S. n prtclr wr n lmst ll css n drct ppstn t wht th prfssrs, cnmsts nd cnsltnts hd bn syng fr yrs, nd t wht hd bn ccptd s rrftbl ndrlyng trths by dcsn-mkrs thrght th .S.
Whn Rgn's prsdntl trm ndd nd th Bsh dmnstrtn cm t th Wht Hs, Prjct Scrts ws lbld s "ndstrl plcy", nd bgn t fll frm fvr. s rslt, n prl 1990, th prgrm ws dfndd.