Air Force official: Next-gen GPS program 'not out of the woods'

Defense News: WASHINGTON — The ground control segment of the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation GPS system is heading toward a key milestone, a service official said Wednesday.

The Operational Control System program, known as OCX, will hit its Milestone B review next month — the program’s first major event since the Pentagon decided to re-baseline the program after it breached Nunn-McCurdy cost thresholds, said  Maj. Gen. Roger Teague, the Air Force’s director of space programs.

During the review, the Defense Acquisition Board will validate the program’s requirements; assess the contractor’s plan for delivering the capability; and certify a new cost estimate for the program, which is currently in the works, he told reporters during a briefing on the Air Force’s space budget request for fiscal year 2018.

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