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Air Force cancels failed $1B logistics system
http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2012/11/fed-air-force-cancels-failed-logistics-system-110812w/
Air Force cancels failed $1B logistics system
By Sean Reilly - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday Nov 8, 2012 18:39:12 EST
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The ECSS program, underway since 2005, was supposed to save the Air Force billions of dollars by streamlining supply chain management and providing an integrated approach for buying, moving and managing equipment. But the service fired the lead contractor, Computer Sciences Corp., in March. The next month, Air Force Controller Jamie Morin told a Senate subcommittee that he was “personally appalled” by how little the Air Force had gotten for its investment. In an interview afterward, Morin described the system’s capability as “negligible.”
