
The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) “strongly objects” to a $42 million reduction to re-scope a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA flight test in the House’s FY 2020 defense authorization bill. The OMB issued a Statement of Administration Policy on July 9 listing its disagreements with the House bill ahead of voting on amendments and the final bill in the chamber. The House passed the authorization bill largely on a party line basis on Friday (Defense Daily,…