USAF looks to third EC-X, weighs how to speed up Compass Call effort

By Rachel Cohen / July 13, 2017 at 3:45 PM
A top Air Force acquisition official told Inside the Air Force this week the service is doing what it can to speed up the effort to transfer EC-130H Compass Call mission equipment to a new platform and is reviewing how to prove the viability of a new Compass Call platform to comply with Congress' wishes while still moving the program along as quickly as possible. Although the Government Accountability Office is still reviewing protests from Bombardier and Boeing that challenge...

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