Lockheed charges USAF $15.4M for extra Space Fence site work

By Courtney Albon / April 11, 2016 at 9:00 AM
The Air Force has incurred $15.4 million in additional costs from Lockheed Martin after construction challenges at the first Space Fence site caused some schedule delays and additional work for the contractor. Inside the Air Force reported in February that the delays are owed to extra preparation at the first Space Fence site at Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The contractor and government team uncovered, for example, contaminated soil and 20 large concrete blocks buried underground that required...

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