
The Pentagon’s latest budget estimate for standing up a new separate Space Force could be less than $10 billion, the department’s number-two civilian told reporters Nov. 15.Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said at the Pentagon that the current budget estimate is “a single digit, not a double digit” in billions of dollars, adding “it could be lower than five” billion dollars.The Defense Department is expected to finalize its plans to stand up a Space Force by Dec. 1 so they…