Space Force officials: Funding constraints limiting space domain awareness improvements

By Shelley K. Mesch / May 21, 2024 at 2:26 PM
The Space Force needs more money if it's going to improve its space domain awareness capabilities, top service officials told lawmakers today. When asked by Senate Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee Ranking Member Deb Fischer (R-NE) if the Space Force needs more authorities to procure awareness data, Vice Chief of Space Operations Gen. Michael Guetlein said there haven’t been bureaucratic hurdles to getting that data. “We are not challenged by authorities but by resources,” he said. The Space Force is...

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