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Gov’t Officials Pummel ULA and Raytheon for Poor Atlas-V Judgement and GPS III Ground Segment Performance « AmericaSpace
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Officials with oversight of critical U.S. national security space operations bombarded two key defense
contractors this week with searing criticism for poor judgement and technical incompetence. Those companies are:
United Launch Alliance (ULA) — Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) cited what he called “especially dubious” and “inappropriate tactics” by ULA’s management in its decision
not to compete a Russian RD-180 powered Atlas-V against a SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket for the launch of the first GPS-III satellite in 2018. This has ceded the launch to
SpaceX without a formal competition as desired by the U.S. Air Force and Congress. In a Dec. 8 letter to Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, Sen. McCain requested that
the Defense Dept. investigate what he called “troubling and specious claims” by ULA.
Raytheon — The San Diego-based company is in charge of developing the “OCX” ground system for the new GPS-III constellation, but a Dec. 4 project review reaffirmed
that critical system is in deep trouble. “The OCX program is a disaster, just a disaster, and it’s embarrassing to have to stand in front of people and try to defend it,
so I won’t,” said USAF Gen. John Hyten, who commands Air Force Space Command. The Pentagon review was held with Frank Kendall, the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition.