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GPS III ‘Not Even Close’ To Nunn-McCurdy Breach, Air Force Chief Says

Monday, April 9th, 2012

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Production of the Air Force’s first two GPS III satellite system is “not even close” to a Nunn-McCurdy Act cost breach despite Government Accountability Office testimony that the program has increased 18 percent more than originally estimated, according to the service’s space chief. Air Force Space Command chief Gen. William Shelton said recently during a Defense Writers Group breakfast in Washington that despite testimony that the program is three percent above the “significant” 15 percent cost threshold that requires congressional…

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