Air Force highlights risk in its plan to address weather requirements

By Courtney Albon / August 18, 2016 at 3:20 PM
The Air Force acknowledged in a recent report to Congress that its plan to address impending weather requirement gaps does carry risks, particularly its reliance on international and civil partners for some of those capabilities. The Joint Requirements Oversight Council in 2014 directed the Defense Department to develop a strategy to address 11 space-based environmental monitoring requirements with the Air Force as the lead. In developing its strategy, the service determined that existing systems and partnerships could cover six of...

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