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Rep. Rogers Blasts Air Force For Opposing Proposed Space Corps

By Marc Selinger

Thursday, June 22nd, 2017

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Rep. Rogers Blasts Air Force For Opposing Proposed Space Corps

The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) strategic forces panel sharply criticized Air Force leaders June 22 for resisting his proposal to create a separate space corps within the Air Force Department.“I have to say I’ve been shocked by the response from the Air Force leadership,” Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) said at his subcommittee’s markup of the fiscal year 2018 defense authorization bill. “Did they miss where the Chinese and the Russians have already reorganized space operations? The…

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Concerns Raised At SASC Hearing On Unobligated Reconciliation Funds And Lack Of Updates On Iran War Cost

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Unmanned Systems

CBO Says Upfront Costs To Protect Military Installations From Drones Between $1 Million And $74 Million

The initial costs to acquire and deploy counter-small unmanned aircraft system (C-sUAS) defenses at individual Defense Department installations are estimated at between $1.2 million and $73.6 million depending on the […]