
The Air Force is reducing the number of competed Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) missions available during fiscal years 2015-2017 from 14 to seven, a top service acquisition official said Wednesday. Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Director of Space Programs, Maj. Gen. Robert McMurry told reporters at the Pentagon the move is in response to the service delaying its next-generation Global Positioning System (GPS) III constellation. The Defense Department said in its fiscal year…