
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.--The U.S. Space Force requested $8.2 billion for space control in fiscal 2026, and Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman said on Tuesday that funding trend lines are headed up. "In the collection of money that's gonna be available to us to buy [space control] equipment, it's more than it was," he told reporters on Tuesday at the Air Force Association's annual Air, Space & Cyber conference here. "So, when we say shortfalls, it's shortfalls in…