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Omnibus Spending Bill Nixes ARRW Buy, Redirects $80 million to Boost Testing

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Omnibus Spending Bill Nixes ARRW Buy, Redirects $80 million to Boost Testing
A B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 419th Flight Test Squadron undergoes pre-flight procedures at Edwards AFB, Calif on, Aug. 8, 2020. The aircraft conducted a captive-carry flight test of the AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon Instrumented Measurement Vehicle 2 at the Point Mugu Sea Range off the southern California coast. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The conference report on the fiscal 2022 omnibus spending bill zeroes the $161 million U.S. Air Force request for the buy of the first 12 Lockheed Martin [LMT] AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) and redirects $80 million of that funding to the Air Force research and development account to remedy an ARRW "testing shortfall." The House and Senate versions of the fiscal 2022 defense appropriations bill had advised reductions in ARRW procurement and said that a full buy of…

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