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U.S. Space Force Requests $800 Million Increase in R&D, $456 Million More for Acquisition

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U.S. Space Force Requests $800 Million Increase in R&D, $456 Million More for Acquisition
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V CST-100 Starliner rocket launches over a Redstone rocket at Cape Canaveral, Fla. on Dec. 20, 2019--the day that also marked the founding of the U.S. Space Force. Thus, the Starliner launch was the last official space launch of the U.S. Air Force (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Space Force (USSF), which became an independent military service in December, 2019, is requesting $11.3 billion for research and development (R&D) in the service's fiscal 2022 budget--an $800 million increase from the fiscal 2021 enacted amount--and about $2.8 billion in procurement, a $456 million increase over fiscal 2021. The USSF asks for more than $2.4 billion in R&D for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) missile warning system, $132 million more than the fiscal…

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