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Feb 10, 2020 · The 2021 budget request gives the Space Force about 60% as much as NASA, which is in line to receive $25.2 billion — an increase of 12% over the space agency's current-year funding.
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Aug 1, 2024 · The Space Force budget continues to increase. In 2020, it received $40 million for establishing operations. In 2021, as the branch became fully operational, it received $15.4 billion in total funding. Two years later, this amount was nearly doubled at $26.3 billion.
The U.S. Air Force FY 2021 budget request is approximately $153.6 billion dollars, a decrease from the FY 2020 request due to the transfer of funding to the U.S. Space Force. The FY 2021 U.S. Space Force budget is approximately $15.4 billion. The FY 2021 Air Force Operation & Maintenance (O&M) budget includes a more than $770 million dollar ...
Feb 10, 2020 · But unlike 2020, funding for 2021 is apportioned differently, with $153.6 billion directed to the Air Force and $15.4 billion for the Space Force. “Our fiscal year ‘21 budget proposal helps drive irreversible momentum as we implement the National Defense Strategy,” said Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett.
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The Space Force is requesting $2.3 billion in 2021 to continue the development of the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) constellation. These satellites provide initial missile warning of a ballistic missile attack on the United States, deployed forces and allies. The first Next-Gen OPIR constellation, known as Block 0, wi...
The budget includes $628 million to acquire two more next-generation positioning, navigation and timing satellites — called GPS 3 Follow-On — from Lockheed Martin. The company is under contract to produce 10 GPS 3 satellites and 22 GPS 3 Follow-On models. The first two GPS 3 satellites are already in operation. The third satellite is scheduled to l...
The National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program acquires launch services from private companies to fly the nation’s military and spy satellites. In 2021, the budget includes $1.05 billion to fund three Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) missions code named AFSPC-36, AFSPC-87 and AFSPC-112. There is also $560 million in the budget to continue to fund...
The budget requests $116 million for the Enterprise Ground Services (EGS), a multiyear program to develop an open-architecture system for DoD satellites. The EGS later this decade will become the primary ground command and control suite of military constellations. The funding is to start developing software applications to support the transition of...
The 2021 budget continues to fund development of a new tactical communications system that the Air Force started in 2018. The Protected Tactical Service (PTS) is being designed with advanced anti-jam security features for military and government use. The Space Force is requesting $205 million for the PTS program, which includes space, ground and ga...
The Space Force is requesting $15.4 billion in fiscal 2021 for its first full year of operations, ballooning from its $40 million allotment from Congress in 2020. The fledgling service was created under the Department of the Air Force in December by the fiscal 2020 National Defense Authorization Act.
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The Defense Department’s fiscal year 2021 presidential budget request includes $15.4 billion for the Space Force, according to budget documents released Feb. 10. The vast majority of those funds would be transferred over from the Air Force in the form of existing procurement and R&D programs.
