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FAB-T Force Element Terminal Costs Up 24 Percent From Last Year

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Thursday, March 24th, 2016

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FAB-T Force Element Terminal Costs Up 24 Percent From Last Year

The E-4B, pictured here, is an airborne platform that will host the Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T). Photo: Air Force.

Costs for the Force Element Terminal (FET) portion of the Air Force’s Family of Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T) program increased 24 percent in 2015 compared to 2014, according to the Pentagon’s Selected Acquisition Report (SAR) released Thursday.The SAR lists programs that featured cost changes greater than $1 billion or 10 percent. The Air Force had five programs listed, the Army had zero programs listed while the Navy had 12 programs listed and the only Nunn-McCurdy Breach: the Navy Remote Minehunting…

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