Pentagon budget
Analysis: Space Force budget growth could be short lived
Military space funding has increased every year since 2018 but that growth may not be sustainable, says a new report from the consulting firm Avascent.
On National Security | Space Force taken to task in 2023 defense legislation
Congress is warning the Space Force against complacency, encouraging it to embrace innovative ways of doing business in areas like space launch and use of commercial space services.
House appropriators approve funding increase for DoD, support space programs
The House Appropriations Committee’s defense subcommittee on June 15 approved by voice vote a defense funding bill for fiscal year 2023.
Biden’s 2023 defense budget adds billions for U.S. Space Force
President Biden’s $773 billion budget request for the Defense Department for fiscal year 2023 includes $24.5 billion for the U.S. Space Force
Congress gives DoD more money for space, with caveats
Defense appropriators in the 2022 spending bill added nearly $1.3 billion for U.S. Space Force and Space Development Agency programs above what the Biden administration requested.
Pentagon warns hundreds of programs in limbo until Congress passes full-year budget
U.S. military satellite procurements and contracts for launch services have been put on hold and cannot move forward until Congress passes a full-year defense appropriations bill for fiscal year 2022.
Defense policy bill gives a budget boost to space programs
The 2022 National Defense Authorization Act adds more than $645 million to Defense Department space programs above the Biden administration’s request.
U.S. Air Force Secretary Kendall: Short-term funding an ‘unfortunate’ reality for defense programs
Political fights that delay government funding bills are only helping U.S. adversaries, said Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall
HASC to scrutinize Space Force budget: Satellites have to be ‘easier to defend’
The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said he expects to see a shift in U.S. military spending away from large satellites to a “more survivable infrastructure” of smaller spacecraft.
Analysis: DoD space budget ‘clear winner’ in 2022 proposal
In the Biden administration’s 2022 budget proposal, the Pentagon is requesting $15.3 billion for investments in space technology, an increase of $1.8 billion over what Congress enacted in 2021.
Biden seeks $2 billion funding boost for U.S. Space Force
President Biden’s $715 billion defense budget proposal for 2022 includes $17.4 billion for the U.S. Space Force, about $2.2 billion more than what Congress enacted in 2021.
In stopgap funding bill, White House wants Space Force accounts separated from Air Force
The administration is requesting that funding lines in the Space Force’s budget request be transferred from the Air Force’s budget to separate accounts.
U.S. Space Force budget projected to grow $2.6 billion over the next five years
The bulk of the budget growth is for the procurement of classified space systems, and very little is for personnel growth.
U.S. Space Force gets its first budget in name only
The chief of space operations of the U.S. Space Force, Gen. John “Jay” Raymond, said the Space Force request is not just a rebranded Air Force space budget.
U.S. military’s annual list of ‘unfunded priorities’ includes $1 billion for Space Force
One of the largest single items is $255 million to launch two GPS 3 satellites
U.S. Space Force, Space Command to get state-of-the-art facility in Colorado
Congress approved $148 million for the Consolidated Space Operations Facility.
Trump seeks $15.4 billion for U.S. Space Force in 2021 budget
The Trump administration’s budget request for national defense in 2021 includes $15.4 billion for the U.S. Space Force.
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.
