Pentagon to launch OCX deep dive this week

By Courtney Albon Tony Bertuca / December 2, 2015 at 10:59 AM
The Office of the Secretary of Defense will launch a deep-dive review of the Air Force's next-generation Global Positioning System ground segment this Friday, according to the Pentagon's top acquisition official. Frank Kendall told reporters Wednesday that the deep dive would lead to some key decisions about the future of GPS OCX, which is led by Raytheon as the prime contractor. "The program is not executing where we would like it to," he said, following a Dec. 2 speech at...

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