The White House objects to a provision in the Senate Armed Services Committee's fiscal year 2020 defense policy bill that would give the Missile Defense Agency responsibility for a new hypersonic and ballistic space-based sensor constellation, saying the move could "restrict DOD's ability to design the most cost-effective solution." In a Sept. 4 letter to committee Chairman Jim Inhofe (R-OK) , the Office of Management and Budget writes that while the administration agrees with the importance of a new space...
