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Appropriators Boost Air Force’s Next-Gen OPIR Program

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Appropriators Boost Air Force’s Next-Gen OPIR Program
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The Air Force would receive an extra $75 million for a program set to build its future early warning missile detection satellites under the fiscal year 2020 defense spending bill winding its way through Congress. The FY ‘20 national security minibus bill includes $1.47 billion in research-and-development funds for the next-generation overhead persistent infrared (OPIR) program, up from $1.39 billion requested in the presidential budget. That would provide for the development of the Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution (FORGE) ground…

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