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U.S. Space Force Unfunded Priorities List Includes $431 Million for Programs to Provide “Warfighting Punch”

U.S. Space Force Unfunded Priorities List Includes $431 Million for Programs to Provide “Warfighting Punch”
Lt. Col William Sanders, left, 4th Space Control Squadron commander, receives the Counter Communications System Block 10.2 from Lt. Col. Stephen Brogan, right, combat systems branch materiel leader at the Space and Missile Systems Center at Los Angeles AFB, Calif., on March 12, 2020 at Peterson AFB, Colo. The system became the first offensive weapon system assigned to the U.S. Space Force. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

More than half of the U.S. Space Force's (USSF) $832 million unfunded priorities list (UPL)--$431.1 million--is devoted to programs "to develop a warfighting punch." Included in the $431.1 million are five classified programs worth $289 million--three of which are under the Department of the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office (DAF RCO), one of which is under the Air Force Research Laboratory Systems Technology Office, and one of which will be under the future USSF Space Systems Command (SSC). The largest…

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