USAF Cancels ECSS, Long-Delayed System Meant To Modernize Logistics

By Gabe Starosta / November 8, 2012 at 8:55 PM
After dedicating seven years and more than $1 billion to the program, the Air Force has decided to terminate the Expeditionary Combat Support System, a key piece in the service's plan to reach financial auditability by 2017. ECSS, led by prime contractor CSC until the company's contract was canceled earlier this year, was designed as a next-generation logistics program that could consolidate hundreds of legacy software systems and streamline supply chain management and many other functions. The program has failed...

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