
The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) on Wednesday approved an amendment to its mark for the next defense policy bill proposing the Pentagon establish a new office to coordinate technical priorities for hypersonics weapons projects across the services. The amendment from the Intelligence and Emerging Threats and Capabilities (ITEC) subcommittee included in HASC’s markup of the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act calls for the new office to collaboratively fund certain hypersonics technologies to speed up transition of new…