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Budget

Pentagon Investing Billions in Space Systems in FY ’20 Budget Request

By Vivienne Machi

Tuesday, March 12th, 2019

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Pentagon Investing Billions in Space Systems in FY ’20 Budget Request

AEHF SV4 Solar Wing installation and deployment before ship to Cape for launch

The Defense Department is requesting nearly $12 billion in its fiscal year 2020 presidential budget request for space-based systems, over half of which would fund new and existing satellite programs. Over $1.1 billion is allocated for satellite communications programs in the Air Force’s FY ’20 Budget Overview Book, released March 12. That would fund the on-orbit testing of the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF)-5 space vehicle, scheduled for launch in Calendar Year 2019, and continue production oversight of AEHF-6, expected…

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