AFMC commander expects modest Third Offset funding increase in FY-18

By Courtney Albon / September 23, 2016 at 11:05 AM
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD -- The head of Air Force Materiel Command said this week it is unclear when funding for Third Offset technology will ramp up in the service's budget request, but she noted that it is important that the service develop the necessary expertise before it invests the money needed to transition new concepts into actual technologies. The Pentagon earlier this year unveiled its Third Offset Strategy, its plan to pursue leap-ahead warfighting technologies in order to counter future...

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