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HASC Subcommittee Wants SDA to Focus on New PNT Capabilities, Commercial SSA Procurement

By Vivienne Machi

Monday, June 3rd, 2019

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HASC Subcommittee Wants SDA to Focus on New PNT Capabilities, Commercial SSA Procurement

Low angled view of the U.S. Capitol East Facade Front in Washington, DC.

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) Strategic Forces Subcommittee included two assignments for the nascent Space Development Agency (SDA) in its fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) markup summary, but will withhold funding until implementation plans are submitted to Congress. Subcommittee members require the SDA to establish a new program to prototype an M-code based, multi-global navigation satellite system receiver to include trusted and open signals from both allied and non-allied partners, in an effort to boost resiliency…

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