What Happened
Doubling Funding For Orbital Combat Operations
The US Space Force has proposed a $71 billion fiscal year 2027 budget, doubling its funding to support orbital combat operations and missile defense. The budget request reflects a transition from passive orbital surveillance to active threat mitigation, with a focus on proliferated missile tracking and tactical warfighting integration. The Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture and the Department of Defense’s Golden Dome initiative are major funding drivers, with allocations for space-based interceptors and early-warning missile tracking sensors. This development was first reported by SatNews.