The Air Force is out of the Joint Unmanned Combat Air System business, per Faykes, who said DOD had “terminated” the USAF portion of the program. Instead, the Air Force is to steer the technology it surfaced toward the Air Force’s next generation strike program. The Air Force has requested approximately $1.2 billion across the future years defense program to fund continued research and development for a long-range strike platform.
The Pentagon announced June 11 it is restoring $2.2 billion of military construction funds that had been reprogrammed to pay for the construction of a wall on the southern border. The funding covers 66 projects in 11 states, three territories, and 16 countries. Pentagon spokesman John F. Kirby said in…