Space Force needs additional $108M for INDOPACOM's new China-missile tracking satellites

By Jason Sherman / July 13, 2023 at 3:05 PM
A Space Force project to provide an additional satellite layer needed for U.S. Indo-Pacific Command to better detect North Korean and Chinese missile launches will hit the skids unless Congress allows the Pentagon to shift more than $100 million between accounts to keep the Wide Field of View space vehicles project -- led by RTX, formerly Raytheon Technologies -- on schedule. On June 30, Pentagon Comptroller Mike McCord sent lawmakers a 64-page reprogramming request that included a proposal to shift...

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