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Appropriators Reduce U.S. Space Force R&D Funding By $530 Million

Frank Wolfe

Friday, March 22nd, 2024

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Appropriators Reduce U.S. Space Force R&D Funding By $530 Million

U.S. Space Forces Central personnel install communications equipment at a new site in Central Command on Feb. 6 (U.S. Space Force Photo)

A House-Senate appropriations conference agreement reduces the U.S. Space Force budget request of nearly $19.1 billion to about $18.7 billion--a decrease of $529 million. The conferees decreased the Space Force's $1 billion request for Northrop Grumman's [NOC] Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next Gen OPIR)-Polar to $867 million. The agreement's explanatory statement said that nearly all of the $146 million recommended reduction was because of "Phase 2 concurrency." The satellites are to track ballistic and hypersonic missiles over the Northern…

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