Drift

GPS III Ground Control (OCX)

OCX · Space Force · Raytheon (RTX)

+76% $3.4B (2012) → $6.0B (2018)
GPS III Ground Control (OCX): cost trajectory from $3.4B in 2012 to $6.0B in 2018, +76% growth. Explore OCX interactively → Download 1-page brief (PDF)
Baseline
$3.4B (2012)
Current estimate
$6.0B (2018)
Cost growth
+76%
Units
—
Quantity change
—
Unit-cost change
—
IOC
2016 (planned) → 2025 (delivered, years late)
Schedule slip
+9 yr
Cost basis
TY
Confidence
medium · reconciled
The GPS III satellites flew; the OCX ground system is the cost-growth villain — a 2016 Nunn-McCurdy breach took it from a ~$3.4B baseline toward ~$6B (later ~$8B projections), leaving finished satellites unable to use full capability for years. Do not sum with the satellite segment.

Documented events

Source: OCX Dec 2013 SAR (APB, Milestone B Nov 2012: $3,413.0M then-year / $3,347.2M BY2012); OCX Dec 2022 SAR ($6,030.4M BY2017); GAO-18-74 (2016 critical Nunn-McCurdy breach, recertified Oct 2016); GAO-25-107569. RDT&E-only ground segment — space-segment satellites tracked separately.

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