The next-generation Global Positioning System ground component program needs an additional $39.2 million in fiscal year 2016 -- bringing total spending on the Operational Control Segment program to $363.8 million -- in order to execute a 24-month schedule adjustment the Air Force, Raytheon and the Pentagon acquisition chief identified this spring to address deficiencies uncovered during testing. On June 30, Pentagon Comptroller Mike McCord sent Congress a $2.6 billion omnibus reprogramming request that includes an Air Force proposal to shift...
