The DOD is conducting a “zero-based review” of all department functions and activities to identify time, money and manpower funding that can be reallocated to its high priorities in support of the National Defense Strategy.

The U.S. Air Force has assigned the X-61A designation to the Dynetics Gremlin about five months before the first scheduled flight demonstration of the UAV, which can be recovered in-flight.

The U.S. general in charge of protecting North America claims the space-based sensor layer is “absolutely key” in defending the nation against hypersonic glide vehicles, but it was not included in the Pentagon’s fiscal 2020 budget request.