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President signs Defense authorization bill
- National Journal
- October 29, 2004
- Comments
The statute authorizes $445.6 billion for Defense and the national security programs of the Energy Department, including $11.2 billion for the department's science and technology program and $60.2 million for a technology program to combat terrorism.
The law also authorizes $40 million to develop a real-time satellite communications system for troops. Another $230 million will go toward unmanned aerial vehicles, night-vision equipment and electromagnetic propulsion technology for gun systems.
And the law contains a provision that requires Defense to plan a transition to the next version of the Internet, Internet protocol version 6.
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