Congress lets funding expire for Air Force reprogramming requests

By Rachel Cohen / October 12, 2017 at 5:04 PM
Congress has denied the Air Force's reprogramming requests to fund the Air Operations Center Weapon System pathfinder effort, a small unmanned aerial system procurement and other programs to bolster capabilities and security within U.S. European Command, according to documents obtained by Inside Defense . The House Appropriations defense subcommittee denied a July 12 reprogramming request that would have shifted $36.1 million in fiscal year 2016 funding to run the AOC pathfinder as a new-start program. However, the subcommittee's refusal to...

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