Senate appropriators are calling for two cost and requirements reviews of the next-generation Global Positioning System. In the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee's mark of the fiscal year 2016 defense spending bill, which the full committee approved June 11, lawmakers directed the cost assessment and program evaluation office and the Joint Requirements Oversight Council to "review the cost of and validate the requirements for" the Air Force's plan to accelerate the GPS III launch schedule. The panel is concerned that launching...
