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Gallagher Issues Rallying Cry for Multi-Year Procurement of Key Munitions

Gallagher Issues Rallying Cry for Multi-Year Procurement of Key Munitions
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Dustin Flaspohler, 138th Fighter Wing aircraft armament systems specialist, checks weapons on an F-16 Fighting Falcon of the 125th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, after hot pit refueling at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia on Aug. 15, 2023 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Multi-year procurement (MYP) of key munitions is vital to rebuild U.S. stockpiles, Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), said on Jan. 23. Gallagher chairs the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party and the House Armed Services Committee's cyber, information technologies, and innovation panel. Congressional appropriators "traditionally hate multi-year appropriations, which are essential if you wanna send a consistent signal to the defense industrial base to maximize the production of critical munitions and allow for companies to invest in facilitization," Gallagher…

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