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2018 NDAA: Congress Would Withhold Half Of WIN-T Funding Until Army Can Justify Expense

Wednesday, November 15th, 2017

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Congress is proposing to withhold half the funding authorized for procurement and fielding of the Army’s battlefield communications network until delivery of a detailed report on the beleaguered multi-billion-dollar program.The Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) has suffered hard knocks from congressional defense committees in recent hearings, most notably from Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Chair John McCain (R-Ariz), who regularly trots it out as an example of Army waste.Included in the version of the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) agreed…

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