![]() ![]() In the same vein, the HAC-D draft prohibits the use of any funds to move the NRO into the Space Force - somewhat of a pre-emptive strike against any possible leanings in that direction from within the Defense Department. In the Pentagon’s 2023 request, the secret space pass through totaled some $40 billion. ![]() Advocates for the department have argued this mechanism is detrimental because it creates a false narrative about cross-service budget parity. This issue is most pertinent to the Department of the Air Force, which currently carries the budget for the Intelligence Community’s classified space programs, including National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) spy satellites, as a “pass through” in its top line. The appropriators stipulate that no funds can be used to change how National Intelligence Programs are budgeted, unless and until the Secretary of Defense can provide a report outlining options and including certification from all affected agencies that this will not create a counterintelligence threat. The Space Force did, however, ask for two extra SDA launches, and $200 million, in its annual unfunded priorities list. SDA will be subsumed by the Space Force in October, and the service requested only three launches for its planned National Defense Space Architecture of multiple constellations in Low Earth Orbit. WASHINGTON: The draft House defense spending bill for fiscal 2023, released today, would fill the Space Force’s request in its unfunded priorities list for two additional launches for the Space Development Agency, bringing the total number of launches funded under the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program to eight.Īll told, the space service doesn’t fare too badly under the House Appropriations Committee’s defense subcommittee’s draft - getting a slight bump up from its nearly $3.63 billion procurement request of about $100 million to $3.72 billion, but taking an approximate $300 million cut in its almost $15.8 billion research and development request to $15.5 billion.Īccording to the HAC-D press release detailing major spending elements, the add to NSSL - bringing the total funding up to $1.54 billion from the service’s request for $1.24 billion - represents the biggest procurement program change. SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in April carried a NRO mission (NROL-85) from Vandenberg SFB, procured through the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program.
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