B-52 radar modernization nears Nunn-McCurdy cost growth breach

By Shelley K. Mesch / August 1, 2024 at 5:27 PM
DAYTON, OH -- The two programs designed to keep the B-52 Stratofortress bomber flying for the next few decades are facing serious headwinds, including new prices for the Radar Modernization Program nearing the Nunn-McCurdy Act cost growth thresholds, officials said this week. The estimated cost for RMP jumped from $2.3 billion in 2021 to about $3.3 billion in March, B-52 Deputy Senior Materiel Leader Brian Knight told reporters at Life Cycle Industry Days, toeing the line of acceptable cost growth...

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