Has USAF Taken “Slow Down” to Heart for Space Radar?: USAF proposes $266 million in 2007 for the Space Radar program. The dollars would fund technology maturation, demonstration, and risk reduction activities. Congress has questioned whether the program is moving too fast and trimmed its 2006 funding.
Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi met U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Jan. 15 as the two nations look to further solidify their ties in the face of growing Chinese and North Korean threats.

