U.S. Budget
Experts weigh in on what a bigger Pentagon budget should mean for space
During his campaign, President Trump called for more airplanes, more ships and more soldiers, but said little about bolstering the space capabilities these forces rely upon.
Ex-Im Bank included on White House budget hit list
The U.S. Export-Import Bank is among nine federal programs targeted for elimination under a hit list the White House Office of Management and Budget circulated this week, according to The New York Times.
Budget likely to be first indication of Trump’s space priorities
The space community likely has a few more months to wait before it gets an idea of what U.S. space policy under the Donald Trump administration may look like, a top aerospace analyst said Jan. 25.
McCain laments cuts for milspace R&D funding
R&D spending has been reduced by about $4 billion over the last six years, the senator said.
Trump’s defense priorities should give military space a boost — provided Congress goes along
U.S. defense stocks rode Donald Trump’s unexpected victory to solid gains, a sign Wall Street thinks the president-elect will make good on his campaign promise to boost defense spending. Analysts say some of that increase, presumably, would find its way into military space programs.
White House requests $1.2 billion for new rocket in Air Force budget
The U.S. Air Force plans to invest more than $1.2 billion over the next five years to develop a new launch system that would aim to end the Defense Department’s reliance on a Russian rocket engine, according to budget documents released Feb. 9.
White House proposes $19 billion NASA budget
The Obama Administration’s final budget request, released Feb. 9, offers $19 billion for NASA in fiscal year 2017, a decrease of $300 million from the agency’s final 2016 budget.
Omnibus Fully Funds Major NOAA Satellite Programs
Under the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016, NOAA will get $809 million for the first two JPSS satellites and $871.8 million for the GOES-R satellite program.
Spending Bill Lifts RD-180 Ban, Puts ULA Back in Competitive Game
A massive U.S. government spending bill, released Dec. 16, effectively ends a ban on the Russian rocket engine that powers ULA's Atlas 5 rocket.
Ex-Im Reauthorization, Budget Deal Herald a (Hopefully) Saner U.S. Congress
After several years of taking legislative dysfunction to new heights, the U.S. Congress has shown signs in recent weeks of a return to some semblance of sanity.
Budget Deal Breathes New Life into NDAA
A defense authorization bill for 2016 could provide less funding for selected space and missile defense programs than the version vetoed by U.S. President Barack Obama.
U.S. Plans $6 Billion Investment in Space Situational Awareness
The U.S. government, primarily the Department of Defense, plans to spend some $6 billion on efforts to monitor the space environment in real time through 2020, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
Editorial | Fiscal Irresponsibility, the Sequel
For stakeholders in the U.S. government space enterprise, the most important agenda item for Congress is passing a budget for the new fiscal year that will keep high-priority programs on track. Unfortunately, an uglier scenario — budgetary chaos — is looming.
Hyten: Continuing Resolution Would Delay Space Protection Efforts
A failure by Congress to pass a 2016 budget by the Oct. 1 start of the fiscal year would delay several new classified and unclassified programs aimed at improving U.S. space protection and counter space capabilities, the head of U.S. Air Force Space Command said Sept. 16.
Continuing Resolution Would Put Brakes on Pentagon Space Initiatives, Defense Department Warns
Two high-priority Defense Department initiatives to more closely monitor and manage space activity — the Joint Space Operations Center Mission System and the follow-on to the Space Based Space Surveillance system Block 10 satellite — could face delays.
House Mark on Redesigned Kill Vehicle Has MDA Concerned
A senior U.S. Missile Defense Agency official expressed concern June 18 about a House spending bill that provides some 22 percent less funding than requested for a new kill vehicle and said the impact could spill over onto other programs.
