Lawmakers press Pentagon on cuts to oversight of key missile defense programs – Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance

Lawmakers press Pentagon on cuts to oversight of key missile defense programs – Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance

Breaking Defense WASHINGTON — Two democratic lawmakers are raising concerns that the Pentagon’s weapons testing office has reduced the number of programs under its remit and will no longer provide oversight of several space and missile defense efforts that could potentially be linked to Golden Dome.   The Defense Department has cut 94 programs overseen by its office of the director of operational test and evaluation (DOT&E) — a 37 percent reduct…