Pentagon drafting emergency funding request for satellite imaging program

By Justin Doubleday / July 18, 2017 at 1:04 PM
The Defense Department’s experimental wing in Silicon Valley is running out of money for a program developing satellites to monitor high-priority regions, and officials are drafting a reprogramming request to address the shortfall, according to a top general. Defense Innovation Unit Experimental Director Raj Shah told Pentagon leaders last week that DIUx is running out of money for a radar imaging satellites program, according to Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Paul Selva. He said officials are...

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