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Two Light Attack-Related Amendments Introduced for House FY ’20 NDAA

By Vivienne Machi

Wednesday, July 10th, 2019

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Two Light Attack-Related Amendments Introduced for House FY ’20 NDAA

A Textron AT-6 Wolverine turboprop aircraft.

House lawmakers have included two amendments that affect the Air Force’s ongoing light attack experiment to be considered for inclusion in the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The lower chamber will consider over 400 amendments to the NDAA over the rest of this week before voting upon H.R. 2500, the full FY ’20 NDAA. The first light attack-related amendment, introduced by Rep. John Rutherford (R-Fla.), provides procurement authority to U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) for new light…

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