House panel backs FY-24 new-start to give top brass 'exquisite' counter-WMD capability

By Jason Sherman / July 5, 2023 at 2:26 PM
House lawmakers have approved a Pentagon request to launch a new-start program in fiscal year 2024 that aims to allow combatant commanders to integrate "exquisite capabilities" into their global campaigns to counter weapons of mass destruction. The House Appropriations defense subcommittee, in its mark of the FY-24 defense spending bill, recommends $10 million in advanced technology development funding for a new “Intelligence Advanced Development” program proposed by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. The House panel, in a report accompanying the...

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