spacetoday.net: Pentagon seeks increase in Space Force budget

Pentagon seeks increase in Space Force budget

Posted: Sat, Apr 2, 2022, 10:17 AM ET (1417 GMT)
The Space Force and Space Development Agency would get about $5 billion more in the proposed 2023 budget. The budget included additional funding for missile-warning satellites, the SDA's Tracking Layer Tranche 1 and the classified Evolved Strategic Satcom program. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said the antisatellite capabilities of adversaries like Russia and China require DoD to invest in advanced space systems. The Defense Department said its overall budget request recognizes China as "our key strategic competitor" and Russia as "an acute threat" to the US and allies.