
The Pentagon is closely monitoring the future ground control system for the Air Force's Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites to ensure the long-troubled program remains on a road to recovery, a service official said May 24.As part of that heightened scrutiny, the Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX) has already undergone four quarterly reviews co-chaired by the Air Force secretary and the Defense Department acquisition chief, said Maj. Gen. Roger Teague, director of space programs in the Air Force acquisition…