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House Appropriators Want More Frequent Updates on ‘Troubled’ Space Programs

House Appropriators Want More Frequent Updates on ‘Troubled’ Space Programs
GPS III Space Vehicle 06, the Amelia Earhart, arrives at Cape Canaveral, Fla. last October from Buckley Space Force Base, Colo. The satellite launched on Jan. 18 this year (U.S. Space Force Photo)

House GOP appropriators note that the U.S. Space Force fiscal year 2024 budget request is more than $30 billion--a $3.9 billion, 15 percent increase over last year's enacted level, but the legislators warn that such double-digit growth for Space Force in the last several years to reduce funding shortfalls and acquisition risk may not continue. The House Appropriations Committee's (HAC) report on the committee's fiscal 2024 bill said that "despite these significant increases, the budget request continues to include serious…

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