B-52 RMP breaches 'significant' cost-growth threshold

By Shelley K. Mesch / May 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The beleaguered B-52 Radar Modernization Program breached a statutory cost-growth threshold, requiring the Air Force to report the jump in price to Congress. The Air Force notified Congress of the price jump last month, House Armed Services seapower and projection forces subcommittee Chairman Trent Kelly (R-MS) said today during a hearing on Air Force aviation programs and capabilities. “We conducted an affordability review when we first got the information about the pricing coming in higher than we expected,” said Darlene...

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