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Air Force Expects FY 2018 Budget To Continue Funding Improved Satellite Resiliency

Air Force Expects FY 2018 Budget To Continue Funding Improved Satellite Resiliency
An artist's illustration of an Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) communications satellite. Image: Air Force.

The U.S. Air Force, which has strived in recent years to make its satellites more resilient to potential attack, expects to receive funding in the Trump administration’s upcoming fiscal year 2018 budget request to continue those efforts, service officials said May 9.“I think what you’ll see in the budget is measured steps across the enterprise in terms of how we address mission assurance,” said David Hardy, associate deputy undersecretary of the Air Force for space. “But it'll be measured steps. We’re…

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