The House Appropriations Committee has denied the Pentagon's fiscal year 2016 reprogramming request to cut $30 million from the Navy's future unmanned tanker that will operate from an aircraft carrier. The Pentagon claims surplus funding resulted from delaying a request for proposals release and an award of the base-year contract, according to an FY-16 reprogramming request that covered programs through the end of April. It was signed out by Pentagon Comptroller Mike McCord May 6. An updated version of the...
