Senate authorizers to ramp up oversight of Air Force ISR programs, cancel new-starts

By Sara Sirota / June 17, 2019 at 4:12 PM
The Senate Armed Services Committee is putting increased pressure on the Air Force's plans to modernize its intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities. The lawmakers, in a report accompanying their version of the fiscal year 2020 defense authorization bill, call for slashing the $19 million the Air Force requested for a program that would advance automation, artificial intelligence and machine learning for ISR analysis. This cut marks a blow to the service’s effort to push forward its Next Generation ISR Dominance...

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