Space Situation Awareness Up, Counterspace and Space Control Down in FY2011 DOD Budget Request
An analysis of the Department of Defense (DOD) FY2011 budget request by Victoria Samson of the Secure World Foundation and Samuel Black of the Stimson Center concludes that funding for space situation awareness would increase, while counterspace and space control programs would decrease, if Congress approves the request.
“The Air Force budget requests for several programs dedicated to improving space situation awareness add up to almost $900 million, an increase of roughly 70 percent from the estimated FY 10 budget of $530 million. Meanwhile, budgets for Counterspace and Space Control programs are projected to fall by roughly 50 percent each between FY 2010 and FY 2015.”
The complete analysis with many pages of budget charts is available on the Secure World Foundation’s website.
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