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Bridenstine Pledges to Back Funding for USAF’s Protected Tactical Waveform During Conference

Valerie Insinna

Friday, June 12th, 2015

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Bridenstine Pledges to Back Funding for USAF’s Protected Tactical Waveform During Conference

The House zeroed out funds for the Air Force’s protected tactical waveform in its fiscal 2016 appropriations bill, but Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.) said he will be pushing his colleagues to inject money for the program during conference.The protected tactical waveform would allow the service to conduct secure communications through both military and commercial satellites, therefore cutting down on the need for the services to field costly new satellites. Because the Senate increased funding for the program in its own…

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