Rogers reveals last-ditch concerns about Air Force weather plan

By Courtney Albon / October 21, 2016 at 1:53 PM
The chairman of the House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee is concerned the Air Force's plan to address two key gaps in its space-based weather monitoring mission do not satisfy all of the requirements for meeting that mission. The Air Force presented its plans for satisfying those two key requirements -- theater weather imagery and cloud characterization -- in an Oct. 3 Joint Requirements Oversight Committee meeting. In a letter dated Oct. 3 and addressed to Vice Chairman...

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