Griffin: SDA a 'casualty' of ongoing continuing resolution

By Courtney Albon / December 4, 2019 at 2:20 PM
Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Mike Griffin said this week the fledgling Space Development Agency has had to slow down or pause some early architecture work as the Pentagon awaits congressional action on fiscal year 2020 defense spending legislation. The SDA is a new start in the FY-20 budget request, and despite attempts to protect the new agency from the effects of an ongoing continuing resolution, the Defense Department is barred from moving forward with new programs...

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