Senators would restrict funding for IFPC amid strategy change

By Ashley Tressel / June 18, 2019 at 12:53 PM
Senate authorizers would withhold funding for the Army's Indirect Fire Protection Capability Increment 2 program until the service provides a report on the enduring capability's requirements and ongoing selection process. The Senate Armed Services Committee's report accompanying its version of the fiscal year 2020 defense authorization bill includes a provision requiring the Army secretary "to identify a program of record in the president’s budget request for fiscal year 2021 that addresses the Army's responsibility . . . to 'conduct air...

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