CBO: Pentagon's Space Force proposal could cost $820M to $1.3B annually

By Courtney Albon / May 8, 2019 at 3:33 PM
A new report from the Congressional Budget Office estimates the Pentagon's proposal to create a new Space Force could cost between $820 million and $1.3 billion annually to manage and operate and require $1.1 billion to $3 billion in one-time startup costs. In the report , CBO considers five options for reorganizing the Defense Department's space operations: creating a new military department, creating a new service, establishing a combatant command, standing up a new space acquisition agency and creating a...

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