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U.S. Air Force Vanguards Cut in House Appropriations Committee’s Defense Bill

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U.S. Air Force Vanguards Cut in House Appropriations Committee’s Defense Bill
The Benefield Anechoic Facility at Edwards AFB, Calif. has tested the L3Harris Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Photo)

The House Appropriations Committee cuts the Department of the Air Force's nearly $256 million research and development request for Vanguard programs by almost $87 million, as the committee says that the department needs to demonstrate more rapid fielding. The two Vanguards are Rocket Cargo, an effort begun in June 2021 to explore the feasibility of delivering 100 tons of cargo anywhere on the globe within an hour, and Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3), started in 2019 as one of the first…

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