Lawmakers' SDA reprogramming denial will delay early architecture studies

By Courtney Albon / July 31, 2019 at 12:50 PM
The Defense Department says the Space Development Agency's early efforts to study options for a future space architecture are now delayed after congressional lawmakers denied a $15 million reprogramming request to kick-start that work. Earlier this month, in a letter to the Pentagon comptroller , House Armed Services Committee leaders rejected the Defense Department's request to reprogram $15 million in fiscal year 2019 funding to fund SDA's early work and effectively authorize the stand-up of the agency. Pentagon spokeswoman Elissa...

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