House authorizers want details on solid-rocket motor suppliers' inclusion in GBSD

By Sara Sirota / June 4, 2019 at 10:04 AM
House lawmakers want the Defense Department to provide a report on the risks and benefits of using both producers of large solid-rocket motors to develop its Ground Based Strategic Deterrent. The House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee's mark of the fiscal year 2020 defense policy bill notes "the importance of maintaining the large solid-rocket motor industrial base." The report would require information on "mitigation recommendations" DOD is considering or implementing, as well as costs or cost savings linked with using...

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