Pentagon budget
Top procurement official warns budget impasse ‘debilitating’ to military space programs
Will Roper said an extended CR is especially damaging for space "where we are trying to build systems to be survivable."
Why the Air Force needs more money for next-gen OPIR
The commander of the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, Lt. Gen. John Thompson, last week reminded lawmakers that hundreds of millions of dollars above what's in the budget are still needed to accelerate the schedule of the early warning satellite constellation known as next-gen OPIR, or overhead persistent infrared.
On National Security | Congress says ‘not so fast’ to speed-obsessed Space Development Agency
Congress’ review of the 2020 defense budget is just getting underway and already House appropriators have sent a strong signal to the Pentagon that they are not going to rubber stamp funding requests for the Space Development Agency.
Air Force space launch funds reprogrammed to pay for Trump’s border wall
The Air Force space budget is taking a hit as a result of the Pentagon reprogramming $1.5 billion from fiscal 2019 funds to pay for President Trump’s wall along the U. S-Mexico border.
Military space gets big boost in Pentagon’s $750 billion budget plan
The nearly 20 percent increase in military space spending sought by the Trump administration comes as the White House and the Pentagon prepare to stand up a new Space Development Agency, reestablish U.S. Space Command and plead their case to Congress for establishing a new Space Force within the Department of the Air Force.
GPS, Nex-Gen OPIR dominate space investments
Of the $14.1 billion space request for 2020, about $11.9 billion is for investments — which the Pentagon defines as a combination of RDT&E (research, development, testing and engineering) and procurement.
Air Force seeks $2 billion increase for space programs in 2020 budget
The Pentagon justifies increased spending on space as necessary to ensure “unfettered access to and freedom to operate in space."
2020 Budget: Pentagon requests $14.1 billion for space
The Pentagon justified increased spending on space as necessary to ensure “unfettered access to and freedom to operate in space,” the budget documents state.
Trump’s 2020 budget increases defense spending by 5 percent, funds Space Force
President Trump's budget request for fiscal year 2020 funds a Space Force headquarters, a Space Development Agency and U.S. Space Command.
Pentagon space procurement and R&D budget is on an upward trend. How long can this last?
In the appropriations bill that Congress passed in September to fund the Defense Department for 2019, lawmakers gave the Pentagon what it asked for: $8.1 billion for investments in space systems.
