Defense-wide budget review claims three classified weapons programs

By Tony Bertuca / February 19, 2020 at 2:28 PM
An internal Pentagon review that resulted in $5.7 billion in savings has led to the termination of three classified weapons programs managed by the secretive Strategic Capabilities Office, according to newly released budget documents. The Defense-Wide Review , which examined $99 billion in total spending managed by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, resulted in a $500 million cut to OSD's $4.7 billion research, development, test and evaluation programs. The SCO programs being terminated are codenamed LiTE Saber, Kingfisher...

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