# Eight Billion Dollars, Sixteen Years, and the Military GPS System Still Does Not Work

- slug: eight-billion-dollars-sixteen-years-and-the-military-gps-system-still-does-not-work
- date: 2026-04-14
- category: Space & Aerospace

RTX delivered the GPS ground control system last July. Nine months later it is still nonoperational, the contract expired March 31, and the Pentagon is weighing cancellation after 16 years and $8 billion.

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