
Just as the Department of the Air Force is soliciting offers for a new constellation of resilient GPS satellites, House appropriators on Thursday will begin to mark-up a defense bill that would eliminate a chunk of the proposed funding for the new initiative and demand the Pentagon explore alternative solutions. The recommendation in the proposed fiscal year 2025 defense appropriations bill would eliminate the $77 million realignment requested by the U.S. Space Force for the Resilient-GPS (R-GPS) program and raises…