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Shanahan: Space Force Budget Estimate Could Be Less Than $10 Billion

By Vivienne Machi

Thursday, November 15th, 2018

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Shanahan: Space Force Budget Estimate Could Be Less Than $10 Billion

Acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan

The Pentagon’s latest budget estimate for standing up a new separate Space Force could be less than $10 billion, the department’s number-two civilian told reporters Nov. 15.Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said at the Pentagon that the current budget estimate is “a single digit, not a double digit” in billions of dollars, adding “it could be lower than five” billion dollars.The Defense Department is expected to finalize its plans to stand up a Space Force by Dec. 1 so they…

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