Defense World

Senate lawmakers in Washington intend to bump up the budget for the Space Force by at least $2 billion in order to more effectively support the development of a missile warning satellite as well as more responsive launch capabilities, and, finally, improve the infrastructure for both training and testing.

This budgetary increase proposal represents only part of the $792 billion Senate Appropriations Committee’s fiscal 2023 spending package. Released on July 28, the bill calls for a 9 percent increase to the 2022 Department of Defense fiscal budget spending levels. It is also $31 billion more than what House lawmakers originally approved a little more than a month ago.

On top of all this, the service also projects a need for at least $24.5 billion for the development and acquisition of missile warning and tracking systems across the next five years.  This will proceed to the development of the Space-Baed Infrared System as part of an initiative from the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared program, all of which aims to expand constellations that can expand the mission with new orbits.

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