Pentagon acquisition executive Ashton Carter has directed the Air Force to incorporate sustainment and operations costs into the Wideband Global Satellite Communications program's overall price tag, according to Defense Department documents sent to Capitol Hill this week. The Pentagon notified Congress earlier this year that the WGS suffered a "critical" Nunn-McCurdy spending breach resulting from the purchase of two additional satellites after a two-year production break. The office of cost assessment and program evaluation estimates the program will now cost...
