Space Force Requests Nearly $40 Billion Budget for Fiscal 2026, with Drop in Research Spending

Trump's 'One Big, Beautiful Bill' would give Space Force a nearly $40 billion budget

Trump's 'One Big, Beautiful Bill' would give Space Force a nearly $40 billion budget Trump's 'One Big, Beautiful Bill' would give Space Force a nearly $40 billion budget

Space Force requests nearly $40 billion budget for fiscal 2026, with drop in research spending

The Space Force released its largest funding request in its six-year history Thursday, asking Congress to approve $39.9 billion to spend next year as the service takes on new mission requirements including a massive “Golden Dome” missile defense shield.

Adding Reconciliation, Space Force Budget Tops $40 Billion in FY2026

DOD released additional information about its FY2026 budget request today. Although funding included in reconciliation bills historically has been treated separately from appropriations, the White House is combining them. From that perspective, the request for the U.S. Space Force will be more than $40 billion instead of the $26.3 billion in the FY2026 request itself. Congressional authorizers and appropriators of both parties have been lamentin…

Space Force Budget Could Hit $40 Billion with Reconciliation

Extra funds for the Golden Dome missile defense shield could push Space Force spending to $40 billion in 2026, a 30 percent leap from this year, if the reconciliation bill being now before Congress and the President’s new budget proposal both pass. But with $13.8 billion in one-time reconciliation funds, the outlook for future years remains unclear. The White House said last month that the Pentagon’s “base” budget earmarked just $26.4 billion …

U.S. Space Force Requests $277 Million for MILNET, Halts Tranche 3 of Transport Layer - Defense Daily

The U.S. Space Force’s fiscal 2026 budget request provides $277 million for the MILNET proliferated low Earth orbit constellation and halts funding for the Space Force Space Development Agency’s Tranche […]