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Air Force Secretary to Submit Formal Congressional Notification of Significant Nunn-McCurdy Breach on B-52 RMP Before May 24

Air Force Secretary to Submit Formal Congressional Notification of Significant Nunn-McCurdy Breach on B-52 RMP Before May 24
Ground crew personnel check a U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress aircraft at RAF Fairford, England on Feb. 18 after a Bomber Task Force 25-2 deployment mission (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force said on Thursday that the program executive officer (PEO) for bombers at the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio submitted a program deviation report (PDR) on the B-52 Radar Modernization Program (RMP) to the service's acquisition executive on Apr. 11. "The Air Force is assessing the cost and schedule growth on the program and initial review of the PDR indicates it will be a significant cost breach," the Air Force said on…

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