Pentagon wants $30M cut from Navy's unmanned tanker, citing 'underexecution'

By Lee Hudson / July 5, 2016 at 1:13 PM
The Pentagon is proposing to cut $30 million from the Navy's future unmanned tanker that will operate from an aircraft carrier due to "underexecution," according to the fiscal year 2016 omnibus reprogramming request obtained by Inside Defense . The surplus funding results from delaying a request for proposals release and an award of the base-year contract, according to the FY-16 omnibus reprogramming request. Pentagon Comptroller Mike McCord signed the document June 30 and the request will be granted only if...

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