WITHOUT RESTORING FUNDING CUTS, ORS 2015 DEADLINE WILL NOT BE REACHED

/ December 19, 2008 at 5:00 AM
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, CO -- The Air Force will not be able to reach U.S. Strategic Command's desired operationally responsive space end-state of 2015 without restoring recent funding cuts made by Pentagon officials, Space Command's ORS division chief told Inside the Air Force this month. "With the PDM III cuts, and really beginning in [fiscal year 2011], we're pretty confident that we can manage with that small cut," Col. Robert Walker said during a Dec. 5 interview here. "But,...

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