Witness

Kirk McConnell

Senate Armed Services Committee staff

Long-serving Democratic professional staff member on the Senate Armed Services Committee whose advocacy is widely credited with shaping the 2022 NDAA provisions that established the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO).

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Document Release
December 23, 2022
Congress establishes the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office
The James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 codifies the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), absorbing the predecessor Airborne Object Identification and Management Synchronization Group and giving it statutory authority and a public reporting mandate.

Congress establishes the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office