Lawmakers cut $20M from DOD's CPGS request, citing 'schedule slip'

By Jordana Mishory / May 4, 2017 at 7:30 AM
Appropriators have cut $20 million in funding for the conventional prompt global strike capability development program, citing a "schedule slip." An omnibus fiscal year 2017 appropriations bill Congress is expected to pass this week would provide $161.3 million for the CPGS program, which is designed to strike targets anywhere in the world in under an hour using non-nuclear weapons. The Pentagon requested $181.3 million. House appropriators had initially provided the full amount the Defense Department requested, while Senate appropriators cut...

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