Raytheon Company announced Jan. 8 that it had “successfully completed two significant milestones” for the Air Force’s next-generation GPS control segment, known as GPS OCX. The Raytheon-led team, which is vying against a Northrop Grumman-led team to build OCX, completed the segment design review and modernized capability engineering model demonstration last month. “These mark major accomplishments for our entire team and significantly burn-down the execution risk on the program,” said Bob Canty, Raytheon GPS OCX vice president and program manager. He added that completion of both milestones shows that “our back-to-basics approach to developing our GPS control segment demonstrates our understanding and alignment with the needs of our US Air Force customer.” Both Raytheon and Northrop received a $160 million, 18-month Phase A system design and risk reduction contracts in November 2007. Last year, after completing an earlier set of reviews, a Northrop official noted that the Air Force is being very thorough and “asking hundreds of detailed questions.”
The last remaining T-1 Jayhawk at JBSA-Randolph, Texas, took its final flight to the "Boneyard" at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., on July 15. The 99th Flying Training Squadron will train pilots using T-6 and simulator until it gets T-7 Red Hawk in fiscal 2026.