House lawmakers want to shift some space-based weather monitoring responsibilities from the Defense Department to the National Reconnaissance Office, due largely to the department's apparent inaction in addressing near-term gaps in critical weather capabilities. In a draft of the House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee mark of the fiscal year 2017 defense policy bill , lawmakers direct the service to develop a plan to transfer acquisition and funding authority to the NRO for two key space-based weather monitoring capabilities by...
