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Air Force Requires $632 Million in Above-Threshold Requirements Funding to Launch New Early Warning Satellites by 2025

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Air Force Requires $632 Million in Above-Threshold Requirements Funding to Launch New Early Warning Satellites by 2025
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As the Air Force continues to develop its next generation of early missile warning satellites, it requires an additional $632 million in fiscal year 2019 to meet an initial launch capability of 2025 for its first satellite, officials said this week. Last year, the service set an ambitious goal of fielding the first next-generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) space vehicle by 2023, within five years of the program’s launch. Air Force Assistant Secretary for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Will…

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