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USAF Cites ‘Design, Production, and Installation Cost Increases’ for B-52 RMP Breach

Frank Wolfe

Monday, May 19th, 2025

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USAF Cites ‘Design, Production, and Installation Cost Increases’ for B-52 RMP Breach

A U.S. Air Force B-52H with the 96th Bomb Squadron at Barksdale AFB, La. lands for Exercise Prairie Vigilance 25-1 at Minot AFB, N.D. on April 9 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force B-52 Radar Modernization Program (RMP) has exceeded the 15 percent significant unit cost increase threshold "due to design, production, and installation cost increases," the Air Force said on Monday. The Air Force program executive office for bombers at the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio submitted a program deviation report on B-52 RMP to the service’s acquisition executive office on Apr. 11 (Defense Daily, May 8). The Air Force has said it…

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