The House Armed Services Committee is seeking to bar the Space Force's acquisition executive from establishing a program of record unless officials determine there are no commercial alternatives currently available, under an amendment lawmakers adopted today during the panel's marathon mark-up of the fiscal year 2022 defense policy bill. The amendment, from Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL), the committee’s ranking member, was part of a package of changes approved via voice vote from the strategic forces subcommittee. Specifically, the language would...
