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 Air Force has begun flying its CV-22 Ospreys again. But that is just the start of a multi-step process to return the fleet to normal operations following a deadly crash last year, the service says.