Citing 'disconnect' on network strategy, Cochran shifts funds from WIN-T

By Courtney McBride / November 27, 2017 at 9:46 AM
The Senate's top appropriator appears poised to enable the Army to adjust its network strategy in fiscal year 2018 -- a move that could put his panel at odds with its House counterpart, as well as authorizers from both chambers. The mark of the FY-18 defense spending bill from Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Thad Cochran (R-MS) breaks with the president's budget request of $420.5 million for procurement of the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical. The measure would reduce WIN-T procurement funding to...

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