DOD seeks OK from lawmakers to shift $2.4 billion between accounts

By Jason Sherman / July 19, 2017 at 4:47 PM
The Pentagon is seeking permission to shift $2.4 billion between budget accounts to accelerate the Presidential Aircraft Program schedule, launch a new-start program so the F-35A Joint Strike Fighter can hit moving targets next year, acquire the means to defeat small unmanned aerial vehicles U.S. forces are seeing in Iraq and Syria, and more. On June 30, as part of an annual reallocation of funds the U.S. military has in hand, Pentagon Comptroller David Norquist signed a 55-page omnibus reprogramming...

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