Inside the Air Force highlights

By John Liang / July 8, 2016 at 9:00 AM

Some must-reads from this week's issue of Inside the Air Force:

1. The next-generation Global Positioning System ground component program needs an additional $39.2 million in fiscal year 2016 -- bringing total spending on the Operational Control Segment program to $363.8 million -- in order to execute a 24-month schedule adjustment the Air Force, Raytheon and the Pentagon acquisition chief identified this spring to address deficiencies uncovered during testing.

Full story: USAF seeks $39M more to keep latest GPS OCX remedial effort on track

2. The Air Force last week declared a Nunn-McCurdy breach on the Raytheon-built, next-generation Global Positioning System ground component, after determining that the program's cost will spike more than 25 percent above its cost thresholds.

Full story: Air Force declares Nunn-McCurdy breach on GPS OCX

3. With initial KC-46 deliveries eyed next summer, the Air Force is wrapping up the large construction efforts and is working through the late-stage logistics required to house the new tanker at its first operational and training locations.

Full story: Air Force preparing for rapid KC-46 tanker intakes after fielding delay

4. The Air Force, expending more precision munitions in the fight against the Islamic State than anticipated, is seeking congressional permission to shift funds between accounts to place $144 million in new orders to replenish supplies of Boeing- and BAE Systems-built weapons, including "nearly depleted" stocks of the Small Diameter Bomb I.

Full story: Air Force seeks $144M to replenish precision munitions spent in Iraq, Syria

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