The Air Force and the Missile Defense Agency last week sent members of Congress their tentative plan and cost projections for the Airborne Weapons Layer -- a ballistic missile defense concept in search of funding during an especially difficult budgetary period. The service and MDA submitted a classified "findings to date" briefing on an AWL cost-benefit analysis to the four congressional defense oversight committees on Nov. 25, according to Mark Svestka, a senior policy analyst in Air Force headquarters' concepts, strategy and wargaming division. A formal presentation to congressional staff had been scheduled for the same day but was postponed because of other pressing business on Capitol Hill.
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