Ken Krieg, the DOD acquisition czar, has told lawmakers that the Pentagon would decide by mid December the fate of the Space-Based Infrared Radar System High program. The SIBRS High satellite program has been under review since August, when the Air Force notified Congress that it would overshoot its budget again, violating the Nunn-McCurdy 25 percent increase rule.
The use of a military counter-drone laser on the southwest border this week—which prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to abruptly close the airspace over El Paso, Texas—will be a “case study” on the complex web of authorities needed to employ such weapons near civilian areas and the consequences of agencies…
