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Perdue Calls for Detailed Air Force Acquisition Strategy on ABMS

Perdue Calls for Detailed Air Force Acquisition Strategy on ABMS
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein provide testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington D.C., Dec. 3, 2019. The committee examined privatized military housing for service members and their families. (U.S. Air Force photo by Wayne Clark)

The Air Force needs to provide Congress with more details of how it plans to acquire new networked technologies via the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) program, a top Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) member said March 3. Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.), who chairs the SASC Seapower Subcommittee, asked Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein for a status update on congressionally requested documents related to ABMS and expressed concern about the program’s…

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