Air Force holding to its plan to request reprogramming authority for Next-Gen OPIR

By Courtney Albon / July 10, 2019 at 10:43 AM
Although the Pentagon did not ask for reprogramming authority for a key Air Force missile warning program in its recent omnibus request, the director of the Air Force's space acquisition programs confirmed today the service still intends to send a separate reprogramming to Congress in order to keep the program on schedule. Maj. Gen. Nina Armagno told Inside Defense the service is committed to pursuing a faster schedule for the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared program -- one of the...

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