Acting Secretary of the Air Force John Roth visits the launch operations center at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., May 17, 2021. Credit: U.S. Space Force
C4ISRNet: Space Force seeks sizeable budget increase, reflecting the domain’s importance
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force asked Congress Friday for $17.4 billion in its 2022 budget request, a bold 13 percent increase for the smallest service when overall military spending is expected to be nearly flat.
The $2 billion increase is driven by both additional proposed investments in capabilities and the transfer of space-related funding from the other services to the Space Force — ostensibly beginning the long-awaited consolidation of space programs within the new service.
The budget would invest in space launch vehicles and GPS and missile defense satellites for the domain that’s increasingly important to future conflicts and joint war fighting.
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