
Of the U.S. Air Force's nearly $204 million requested funding in fiscal 2022 for the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS), $147 million is for development of the ABMS Airborne Edge Node for the Boeing [BA] KC-46 Pegasus tanker under ABMS Capability Release 1. At a House Armed Services Committee (HASC) hearing on June 16 on the Air Force and U.S. Space Force fiscal 2022 budgets, Rep. Jim Langevin (D-R.I.) questioned that investment. "The Air Force's written [HASC] testimony states that…