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House Appropriations Defense Panel Cuts Proposed Funding for NSSL

House Appropriations Defense Panel Cuts Proposed Funding for NSSL
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying AEHF-6, the first National Security Space mission for the U.S. Space Force, lifts off from Space Launch Complex-41 on March 26. (United Launch Alliance Photo)

The House Appropriations Committee's defense panel is recommending reducing the $1 billion proposed by the U.S. Space Force in fiscal 2021 for its National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program by $109 million due to what the panel termed unjustified cost increases. The subcommittee advised cutting $104 million for launch services and support and $5.9 million for enterprise systems engineering, according to the panel's report on the fiscal 2021 defense appropriations bill. "The committee is concerned with the cost of the…

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