Production lead time for the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System would increase from 24 to 30 months under a six-month continuing resolution that House Republicans have proposed, according to a letter from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin . In his Sept. 7 letter to House and Senate lawmakers, Austin wrote such a CR would delay the planned production increase of 1,392 rockets. The letter states the CR, which would avert an Oct. 1 government shutdown, would also delay development of the...
