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Key House Committee Calls For Fresh Space Procurement Strategy

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Monday, July 20th, 2009

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The House Appropriations Defense subcommittee marked up its fiscal year 2010 defense appropriations bill last week, calling for a fresh approach to future satellite and launch vehicle purchases, as well as an over-arching national space strategy. In a report accompanying its version of the FY '10 defense spending bill, the committee rapped the Air Force for cost and schedule problems with the space programs managed by the service. "The committee is concerned about the space system procurement strategies currently being…

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