SASC Adds $80 Million for NPOESS but Prohibits AF From Spending Half of Available NPOESS Funding Until New Plan is Submitted
In its markup of the FY2010 Department of Defense Authorization bill, the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) directs that the Air Force not spend more than 50% of the funds available for NPOESS until it submits a new program management and funding plan in concert with NOAA and NASA. It also added $80 million for the program. The committee’s June 26, 2009 press release summarizes that and other actions regarding space programs as follows:
Requires DOD, the Department of Commerce, and the National Aeronautic [sic] and Space Administration to complete a program management and funding plan and prohibits the Air Force from spending more than 50 percent of the funds available for the National Polar-orbiting operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) until the plan is submitted. Also, adds $80 million for NPOESS.
Provides $50 million for new military satellite communications technology development for future applications.
Adds $40 million for ORS-1 satellite.
Spaced-based Infrared Satellite (SBIRS) – Adds $15 million for operations to support utilization of the SBIRS HEO sensor and for the ground control stations.
Adds $115 million for Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) to develop new small satellite imaging capability competitively.
Directs DOD to develop competitively a commercial 1.5-meter imaging satellite
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