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U.S. Space Force Requests $247 Million for Protected Tactical SATCOM-Global New Start

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, March 14th, 2024

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U.S. Space Force Requests $247 Million for Protected Tactical SATCOM-Global New Start

Pictured is a Boeing artist's depiction of the future WGS-11 satellite.

The U.S. Space Force (USSF) is requesting nearly $248 million in fiscal 2025 research and development funding for a new program, Protected Tactical Satellite Communications-Global (PTS-G). PTS-G is "a key and enabling capability of the USSF force design that bridges the gap between the more focused capabilities provided by Protected Tactical SATCOM - Resilient (PTS-R), and the broadly-available but also the lower assured access capabilities provided by existing/emerging MILSATCOM and commercial services," according to a Space Force budget justification. "PTS-G…

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