December 22, 2022
Congress Releases the FY23 Consolidated Appropriations Act
Dear Colleague,
 
This week, Congress released the $1.7 trillion omnibus package, for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023. The Defense bill provides $797.7B for the Department of Defense and related activities, $69.3B above FY22 enacted levels. The bill provides $26.3B for the USSF, a 6.9% increase from the FY23 President’s Budget Request ($24.6B).
 
A summary of defense provisions can be found here, along with the bill text and the explanatory statement for defense appropriations.
 
Congress has until tomorrow, December 23, to pass the omnibus to fully fund the government at FY23 levels. If the omnibus is not passed, Congress must extend funding for the government at FY22 levels via yet another continuing resolution.

A detailed summary of funding levels for space programs is below. Associated funding tables are available here.    

Please note:
  • "% Change" represents the change-over FY23 PBR to FY23 Final Appropriations Mark
Space Sensing (+0.03%)

  • Realigns funding for Next Generation OPIR program across 4 program elements – Next Gen OPIR, Ground, GEO, and Polar:
  • Cuts a total of -$3.3B from Next Generation OPIR program element ($226.6M)
  • Cuts -$1.7B for DAF requested technical realignment to line 31 for Next-Gen OPIR – GEO
  • Cuts -$899.2M for DAF requested technical realignment to line 32 for Next-Gen OPIR -Polar
  • Cuts -$612.5M for DAF requested technical realignment to line 29 for Next-Gen OPIR Ground
  • Cuts -$27.2M for Space modernization initiative inadequate justification
  • Adds a total of +$1.7B to Next Generation OPIR – GEO ($1.7B)
  • Adds +$1.7B for DAF requested technical realignment from line 30 for Next-Gen OPIR – GEO
  • Cuts -$19.0M for Product development excess to need
  • Adds a total of +$582.5M to Next Generation OPIR – Ground ($582.5M)
  • Adds +$612.5M for DAF requested technical realignment from line 30 for Next-Gen OPIR Ground
  • Cuts -$30.0M for mission data processing excess to need
  • Adds a total of +$849.2M to Next Generation OPIR – Polar ($849.2M)
  • Adds +$899.2M for DAF requested technical realignment from line 30 for Next-Gen OPIR – Polar
  • Adds +$25.0M for program increase - schedule risk reduction
  • Adds +$15.0M for program increase - onboard resilience
  • Cuts -$90.0M for Expenditure delays relating to undefinitized contract action
  • Rescinds -$40.0M from FY22 funding
  • Realigns funding for Resilient Missile Warning Missile Tracking – Integrated Ground Segment ($0.0M)
  • Cuts -$216.0M for DAF requested transfer to Proc, SF line 20
  • Cuts -$14.0M for DAF requested technical realignment to line 34
  • Cuts -$160.6M for DAF requested technical realignment to line 35
  • Adds a total of +$269.4M to Resilient Missile Warning Missile Tracking - Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) ($408.5M)
  • Adds +$160.6M for DAF requested technical realignment from line 36
  • Cuts -$21.2M for MEO ground inadequate justification
  • Adds +$130.0M for Program increase - epoch 1 acceleration and vendor risk reduction
  • Notes the FY23 request includes more than $4.5 billion for both legacy missile warning programs and smaller, more proliferated architectures in MEO and LEO as part of the Resilient Missile Warning/Missile Tracking program
  • Supports the pivot to a more proliferated and diverse architecture of smaller satellites, but acknowledges the Space Force has not provided sufficient information on:
  • Expected life-cycle cost of the new architecture
  • Cost to recapitalize a proliferated architecture every 3-5 years
  • Potential risks and challenges in the supply chain
  • Ability of the Space Force to scale up capabilities to command and control a much larger number of satellites
  • Applicability and ability to meet stringent requirements for missile warning certification, cybersecurity, and resilience against reversible and irreversible kinetic and non-kinetic attacks
  • Directs the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, to develop a life-cycle cost estimate for the proposed Resilience Missile Warning/Missile Tracking initiative and provide a report on the estimate to the Congressional appropriations committees no later than 180 days after enactment
  • Directs the Secretary of the Air Force, in consultation with the Chief of Space Operations, to provide a report to the Congressional defense committees, no later than 60 days after enactment, with an assessment of each missile warning and missile tracking program to include comparison of the cost, schedule, capabilities, system life-span, and associated risk of each; Requires the report to include:
  • An integrated master schedule for all missile warning and missile tracking weapon systems currently in operation or development
  • A supplementary classified version that captures all relevant programs capable of providing missile warning across the Title 10 and Title 50 mission sets
  • Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to continue to provide quarterly briefings of the status of missile warning-related programs and expand the scope to include both the OPIR program and the Resilient Missile Warning-Missile Tracking program as an integrated set of programs
  • Fully funds Space Superiority ISR ($29.1M)
  • Adds +$3.0M to Ballistic Missile Defense Radars for program increase: PARCS radar digitization ($21.6M)
  • Cuts -$20.0M from Nuclear Detonation (NUDET) Detection System (SPACE) RDT&E for ICADS 7 development delay ($60.4M); Fully funds NUDET Procurement ($7.1M)
  • Fully funds Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) High (Space) Procurement ($148.7M)
  • Fully funds Space Force Weather Services Research program ($0.8M)
  • Cuts -$10.0M from EO/IR Weather Systems for Phase III product development excess to need ($86.5M)
  • Rescinds -$35.4M from FY22 funding
  • Fully funds the Weather System Follow-on program under BA05 ($48.9M)
  • Adds +$50.0M for a new line under RDT&E for On-Board Resiliency ($50.0M)
 
Space Domain Awareness and Combat Power (+1.5%)
 
  • Cuts -$9.2M from Space Situation Awareness System due to reduce growth ($221.4M)
  • Cuts -$7.9M from Space Situation Awareness Systems RDTE BA 05 for management services excess to need ($97.2M)
  • Cuts a total of -$7.5M from Space Control Technology ($50.5M)
  • Adds +$2.0M for program increase - high-thrust gridded ion engine
  • Cuts -$9.5M for inadequate justification
  • Adds +$10.0M to Space Security and Defense Program for program increase - SSDP support ($69.2M)
  • Adds +$8.0M for Space Situation Awareness Operations RDTE BA 05 for program increase - artificial intelligence and autonomy for data analytics and sensor systems ($57.6M)
  • Adds +$10.0M to Space Situation Awareness Operations RDTE BA 07 for program increase – unified data library ($90.9M)
  • Adds +$10.0M to Counterspace Systems RDT&E for program increase - machine learning techniques for RF signal monitoring and interference detection ($31.8M)
  • Cuts -$2.5M from Counterspace Systems for reduce carryover ($60.2M)
  • Fully funds Space Test Program (STP) ($25.4M)
  • Fully funds for DCO-Space ($28.2M) 
  • Fully funds Space and Missile Test and Evaluation Center ($4.2M)

Communications & Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (+3.6%)
 
  • Fully funds the NAVSTAR Global Positioning System (User Equipment) ($382.6M)
  • Cuts -$9.9M from Protected Tactical Enterprise Service (PTES) for prototype development excess to need ($111.2M)
  • Cuts a total of -$42.0M from Protected Tactical SATCOM (PTS) ($252.8M)
  • Cuts -$20.2M for unjustified increase
  • Cuts -$11.8M for unjustified request-mission support within prototype development
  • Cuts -$10.0M for PTS Next ahead of need
  • Cuts -$45.0M Evolved Strategic SATCOM (ESS) for Space segment prototyping costs excess to need ($520.6M)
  • Fully funds Advanced EHF MILSATCOM (SPACE) RDT&E ($11.7M); Does not fund Advanced EHF Procurement ($0.0M)
  • Cuts a total of -$32.2M from GPS III Follow-On (GPS IIIF) RDT&E ($293.7M)
  • Cuts -$25.0M for excess to need
  • Cuts -$7.2M for unjustified increase-advisory and assistance services
  • Rescinds -$38.0M from FY22 funding for GPS III Follow-On (GPS IIIF) RDT&E
  • Cuts a total of -$40.6M from GPSIII Follow-On Procurement ($617.0M)
  • Cuts -$10.6M for excess to need
  • Cuts -$30.0M for anticipated cost savings
  • Fully funds Polar MILSATCOM (SPACE) program ($67.5M)
  • Fully funds Wideband Global SATCOM (SPACE) ($48.4M)
  • Adds +$442.0M to Wideband Gapfiller Satellites Procurement for program increase - protected wideband spacecraft ($464.0M)
  • Includes $442.0M to procure a protected wideband satellite to provide resilient, jam resistant tactical communications
  • Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to provide a funding plan for launch and operation and maintenance activities to Congressional defense committees no later than 90 days after enactment
  • Fully funds Commercial SATCOM (COMSATCOM) Integration ($23.5M)
  • Fully funds Family of Advanced BLoS Terminals (FAB-T) RDT&E ($128.2M) and cuts -$10.3M from Family of Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals Procurement for underexecution ($16.1M)
  • Cuts -$55.5M from Narrowband Satellite Communications for service life extension delays ($110.4M)
  • Fully funds the NAVSTAR Global Positioning System (Space and Control Segments) ($2.1M)
  • Fully funds GPS III Space Segment RDT&E ($1.6M) and GPS III Space Segment Procurement ($103.3M)
  • Cuts a total of -$82.7M from the Global Positioning System III - Operational Control Segment ($277.1M)
  • Cuts -$8.4M for OCX 3F advisory and assistance services duplication
  • Cuts -$74.3M for Unjustified growth-OCX Blk 1 and 2 contractor support
  • Fully funds Global Positioning (Space) Procurement ($1.0M)
  • Fully funds MILSATCOM Procurement ($29.3M)
  • Fully funds PTES HUB Procurement ($42.5M)
  • Fully funds Spaceborne Equipment (Comsec) Procurement ($29.6M)
  • Fully funds Mobile User Objective System procurement ($46.8M)
 
Assured Access to Space (+17.3%)

  • Cuts -$30.6M from National Security Space Launch Procurement for excess to need ($1.0B)
  • Adds a total of +$110.0M to the National Security Space Launch Program (SPACE) – EMD ($154.1M)
  • Adds +$30.0M for program increase – space mobility and logistics
  • Adds +$80.0M for program increase – NSSL payload processing facility
  • Rescinds -$7.0M from FY22 funding
  • Directs the Secretary of Defense and the Director of National Intelligence to utilize the Space Force launch enterprise phase 2 contract for National Security Space Launch class missions, unless certified to the Congressional defense and intelligence committees that commercial launch or delivery on orbit procurement for a designated mission is in the national security interest of the government and outline the rationale for this decision
  • Fully funds the Rocket Systems Launch Program Procurement ($39.1M); Adds a total of +$17.0M for Rocket Systems Launch Program RDT&E ($34.9M)
  • Adds +$2.0M for program increase
  • Adds +$15.0M for program increase – state launched range services and capabilities
  • Fully funds the Spacelift Range System Procurement ($71.7M); Fully funds the Spacelift Range System (SPACE) RDT&E ($11.7M)
  • Adds +$50.0M to Tactically Responsive Launch for program increase ($50.0M)
  • Supports the maturation of a responsive launch program of record to rapidly place and reconstitute space assets in support of combatant command requirements and space enterprise resilience
  • Recommends an additional $50.0M for a tactically responsive launch capability
  • Notes the FY22 Defense Appropriations Act provided $50.0M for tactically responsive launch capabilities and directed the Secretary of the Air Force to provide the congressional defense committees with an acquisition strategy for this capability
  • Notes the FY21 NDAA directed the Secretary of the Air Force to establish a tactically responsive space launch program within the FYDP
  • Notes the FY23 request does not include any resources to establish the program despite a need to counter adversarial launches of disruptive technologies in a tactically relevant timeline
  • Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to submit the resourcing profile across the FYDP by program, project, and activity for tactically responsive space capabilities, to include launch, in the FY24 request
  • Adds a total of +$85.7M to the Space Test and Training Range Development ($107.2M)
  • Adds +$50.2M for program increase for operational test and training infrastructure - cyber Test/Evaluation and Aggressor Force Capabilities
  • Adds +$35.5M for program increase for operational test and training infrastructure - ground-based radar in support of NSTIC

Advanced Research and Development (+42.2%)

  • Fully funds General Information Tech – Space Procurement ($5.4M)
  • Fully funds Spares and Repair Parts Procurement ($1.4M)
  • Adds a total of +$116.9M to the Space Technology RDT&E ($360.6M)
  • Adds +$8.4M for DAF requested transfer from RDTE, AF line 13
  • Cuts -$17.8M for overestimation of civilian personnel acquisition workforce costs
  • Cuts -$4.4M for radiation hard electronics inadequate justification
  • Cuts -$10.2M for resilient PNT inadequate justification
  • Adds +$6.0M for program increase - aerospace films for increased operational range of reconnaissance
  • Adds +$5.0M for program increase - 3D graphene lithium-sulfur batteries
  • Adds +$3.0M for program increase - L-Band active phased array demonstration
  • Adds +$3.0M for program increase - thin-film photovoltaic energy
  • Adds +$20.0M for program increase - university consortia for space technology
  • Adds +$10.0M for program increase - next generation multiband space array antenna
  • Adds +$3.0M for program increase - advanced analog microelectronics
  • Adds +$5.0M for program increase - hybrid space architecture
  • Adds +$5.0M for program increase - spectrum superiority lab
  • Adds +$9.4M for program increase - advanced space power systems
  • Adds +$15.0M for program increase - cybersecurity for a hybrid space architecture
  • Adds +$9.5M for program increase - digital engineering and modeling for space domain awareness
  • Adds +$5.0M for program increase - flexible solar panels
  • Adds +$5.0M for program increase - high efficiency lightweight RF amplifiers for LEO constellation
  • Adds +$4.0M for program increase - lunar surface based space domain awareness
  • Adds +$6.0M for program increase - moving target engagement solutions
  • Adds +$10.0M for program increase - operational upper stage augmentation kit
  • Adds +$2.0M for program increase - optical interferometer
  • Adds +$5.0M for program increase - propulsion technology
  • Adds +$10.0M for program increase - SOSA-based spacecraft protection technology
  • Adds a total of +$64.2M to Space Advanced Technology Development/Demo (Line 4) ($167.6M)
  • Adds +$2.8M for DAF requested technical realignment from line 42 for Maui Space Surveillance System
  • Adds +$5.0M for program increase - commercial space access improvements
  • Adds +$3.0M for program increase - additive manufacturing of solid rocket propellant
  • Adds +$3.0M for program increase - tridyne multi-mode propulsion
  • Adds +$4.0M for project increase - space research hub
  • Adds +$3.0M for program increase - hall multimode propulsion technology
  • Adds +$23.4M for program increase - upper-stage technology
  • Adds +$20.0M for program increase - cislunar flight demonstration
  • Adds a total of +$10.2M to Space Systems Prototype Transitions (SSPT) ($116.5M)
  • Cuts -$4.8M for inadequate justification - digital engineering interconnected cloud-based ecosystem
  • Adds +$10.0M for program increase - space-to-space communications
  • Adds +$5.0M for program increase - rapid prototyping and space qualification of emerging CubeSat technologies
  • Cuts -$2.8M from Space Advanced Technology Development/Demo (Line 42) for Space Force requested technical realignment to line 4 for Maui Space Surveillance System ($0.0M)
  • Fully funds Major T&E Investment – Space ($89.8M)
  • Adds +$7.2M for Space Innovation, Integration and Rapid Technology Development for program increase for operational test and training infrastructure - fully fund standard space training for current and emerging missions ($45.3M)
  • Creates a new line 1A Defense Research Sciences RDT&E for program increase - basic research ($25.0M)
  • Creates a new line 1B University Research Initiatives RDT&E for program increase - defense university research instrumentation program ($30.0M)
  • Recognizes that science and technology programs can have shared goals and leverage advancements in research areas that cut across both air and space domains
  • Recognizes that while there are clear benefits to cross-domain multi-disciplinary investments, it can result in complexity in resource allocation to the services in early R&D phases
  • Notes space unique capabilities and those programs executed out of the Space Vehicles Directorate at AFRL are more appropriately budgeted in the Space Force RDT&E account
  • Notes the FY22 Defense Appropriations Act directed the Secretary of the Air Force to provide a proposal to Congressional defense committees establishing an objective, transparent, and effective means to align the Department of the Air Force's science and technology resources across the R&D continuum has not yet been fulfilled
  • Directs the Secretary of the Air Force, with the submission of the FY24 President's budget request, to include space unique science and technology programs and efforts within Space Force RDT&E in the FY24 budget request
  • Directs the required proposal be submitted in a timely manner

Battle Management Command, Control, Communications (BMC3) (-2.2%)
 
  • Cuts a total of -$5.5M from AF Satellite Comm System Procurement ($46.0M)
  • Cuts -$1.9M for justification discrepancy
  • Cuts -$3.6M for lack of budget detail
  • Fully funds Heritage Transition (HRTG) Procurement ($21.9M)
  • Cuts -$5.7M from Space Mods Procurement for prior year carryover ($68.3M)
  • Fully funds Global Sensor Integrated on Network (GSIN) ($5.3M)
  • Fully funds Satellite Control Network (SPACE) ($42.2M)
  • Fully funds the NCMC - ITW/AA System ($7.3M)
  • Fully funds Enterprise Ground Services ($123.6M)
  • Adds a total of +$0.5M for Space Command & Control - Software Pilot Program ($155.6M)
  • Adds +$5.0M for program increase - cyber halo innovation research program
  • Cuts -$4.5M for unjustified growth - space C2 sustainment
 
Organizational Investments (+2.5%)
 
  • Fully funds Space Warfighting Analysis ($44.8M)
  • Adds +$9.0M to the Space Rapid Capabilities Office for program increase – hyper-converged edge computing ($54.4M)
  • Fully funds ACQ Workforce- Space & Missile Systems ($253.7M)
  • Fully funds Space & Missile Systems Center – MHA ($14.0M) 
  • Fully funds National Space Defense Center ($2.9M)  
 
Space Development Agency (+20.4%)

  • Adds a total of +$532.0M to Space Development Agency Launch ($746.3M)
  • Adds +$216.0M for Space Development Agency requested transfer from RDT&E, SF Line 36
  • Adds +$216.0M for program increase - Resilient Missile Warning and Missile Tracking launch acceleration
  • Cuts a total of -$13.3M from Space Science and Technology R&D ($447.5M)
  • Cuts -$26.0M for program reduction - follow-on tranches
  • Adds +$7.7M for program increase - defense of low-earth orbit satellites
  • Adds +$5.0M for program increase - defense-in-depth for spacecraft cybersecurity
  • Adds +$51.5M to Space Technology Development & Prototyping ($1.0B)
  • Adds +$22.5M for program increase - tranche 1 space resiliency payloads
  • Adds +$4.0M for program increase - space architecture experimental testbed
  • Adds +$25.0M for program increase - laser communication downlink system
  • Adds +$264.0M to Resilient Missile Warning Missile Tracking - Low Earth Orbit (LEO) ($763.8M)
  • Adds +$14.0M for DAF requested technical realignment from line 36
  • Adds +$250.0M for program increase: INDOPACOM missile tracking demonstration expansion

O&M (+1.3%)

  • Fully funds Global C3I & Early Warning ($472.5M)
  • Fully funds Space Launch Operations ($187.8M)
  • Cuts -$7.0M from Space Operations for program decrease unaccounted for ($688.2M)
  • Adds a total of +$26.0M to Education & Training ($179.1M)
  • Adds +$11.1M for program increase - operational test and training infrastructure - Space Force cyber skills training
  • Adds +$14.9M for program increase - operational test and training infrastructure - expand space training courses and capacity
  • Fully funds Depot Maintenance ($285.9M)
  • Adds a total of +$58.1M to Maintenance of Real Property ($293.4M)
  • Adds +$10.0M for program increase
  • Adds +$20.0M for program increase - Cheyenne Mountain Complex
  • Adds +$28.1M for program increase - for operational test and training infrastructure - upgrade training facilities for security classification
  • Cuts -$7.0M from Contractor Logistics and System Support for unjustified growth ($1.4B)
  • Adds +$12.0M to Base Support for program increase - impact of inflation on utility costs ($156.9M)
  • Fully funds Administration ($228.4M)

Classified (+8.6%)

  • Adds +$5.1M to Classified O&M for classified adjustment ($278.1M)
  • Adds +$465.3M to Classified Programs RDT&E for classified adjustment ($5.4B)
  • Adds a total of +$53.6M to Special Space Activities Procurement ($871.1M)
  • Adds +$66.1M for classified adjustment
  • Cuts -$12.5M for prior year carryover
 
Space Force Program Affordability and Executability

  • Notes the budget projection provided with the FY23 Space Force request is currently anticipated to remain flat and declining over the next 5 years, despite proposing plans for new architectures, programs, and mission areas
  • States the apparent mismatch between program scope and overall budget resources raises concerns about the degree to which serious analysis or long-term planning has been done to assess the realism and affordability of its portfolio or programs
  • Directs the Secretary of the Air Force, through the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration before February 1, 2023, to provide the Congressional appropriations committees with a briefing on the projected cost, affordability, and executability of the full portfolio of programs and activities funded in the Space Force accounts, including supporting analysis, assessment of risks, and risk management plans
 
Cislunar Space

  • Notes the FY22 Defense Appropriations Act provided $61.0M for a cislunar flight experiment and $70.0M for nuclear propulsion technologies for cislunar flight
  • Notes that developing capabilities and operating within cislunar space is an imperative for national security, science and technology, and economic advantages
  • Provides an additional $20.0M for cislunar activities
  • Expresses support for operationally relevant capabilities in cislunar space and encourages the Secretary of the Air Force to increase investments in this area
  • Directs the Secretary of the Air Force, in coordination with the Chief of Space Operations, to submit a report to the Congressional defense committees, no later than 90 days after enactment, that details:
  • Acquisition programs and systems that are in development for operational use within the cislunar or lunar space
  • Any capabilities in development for the cislunar space domain awareness mission
  • Requires the report to include:
  • A list of acquisition milestones and dates
  • The costs of the effort by appropriation, line item, and program element across the FYDP
  • A list of unfunded programs and opportunities for investment

SEC. 8126

  • Prohibits funds appropriated to be transferred from the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) to the Space Force
  • States that this does not limit or prohibit cooperation, collaboration, or coordination between the NRO and the Space Force or other DoD elements

Air National Guard Units with Space Missions

  • Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to provide a report to the Congressional defense committees detailing any plans to transfer space missions, personnel, or equipment of the Air National Guard to the Space Force
  • Requires the report, submitted no later than 30 days after the transfer decision is made, to include:
  • FY2024 cost estimates through the Future Years Defense Program
  • Rationale for the decision
  • Explanation of organizational benefits
  • Follow-on missions identified for the Air National Guard units that are losing space elements following the transfer
  • Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to certify in writing that the transfer is consistent with the mission of the Space Force and will not have an adverse impact on the Air National Guard
 
Radar Transmission Capabilities

  • Directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a report to the Congressional defense committees, no later than 180 days after enactment, on current and potential contributions to national security capabilities for navigation and space situational awareness (SSA) of the ongoing efforts by the National Science Foundation, its National Radio Observatory, and industry partners to develop the Next Generation Very Large Array and a new high-power radar transmitter for the Green Bank Telescope
  • Requires the report include:
  • A review of current SSA capabilities and shortfalls
  • An assessment of potential development activities and their ability to support requirements
  • Plans, funding, and timelines for future SSA radar observation capabilities

DoD-Wide highlights

Air Force

  • Adds a total of +$11.4M from Future AF Integrated Technology Demos ($163.9M)
  • Adds +$5.0M for program increase - automated geospatial intelligence detection algorithms
  • Adds +$4.4M for transfer from line 17 for transformational technology development
  • Adds +$0.03M for transfer from line 18 for transformational technology development
  • Adds +$4.7M for transfer from line 19 for transformational technology development
  • Adds +$12.5M for transfer from line 20 for transformational technology development
  • Adds +$7.0M for transfer from line 21 for transformational technology development
  • Adds +$2.3M for transfer from line 22 for transformational technology development
  • Adds +$5.2M for transfer from line 26 for transformational technology development
  • Adds +$42.8M for transfer from line 27 for transformational technology development
  • Adds +$5.2M for transfer from line 28 for transformational technology development
  • Adds +$12.9M for transfer from line 30 for transformational technology development
  • Cuts -$75.6M for future transformational capabilities unjustified growth
  • Cuts -$15.0M for rocket cargo insufficient justification
  • Cuts -$2.0M from U.S. Space Command Research and Development Support for Space Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis early to need ($8.4M)
  • Fully funds PNT Resiliency, Mods, and Improvements ($176.8M)
  • Cuts -$0.1M from Next Generation OPIR for programming error ($0.0M)
  • Fully funds AF TENCAP ($23.3M)
  • Adds +$79.5M to Air & Space Operations Center (AOC) due to transfer from line 279 ($79.5M)
  • Adds +$19.1M to Air & Space Operations Center (AOC) procurement due to transfer from RDTE, AF line 279 ($21.8M)
  • Cuts a total of -$177.8M from Air & Space Operations Center (AOC) - Software Pilot Program ($0.0M)
  • Cuts -$79.1M for transfer to OM, AF
  • Cuts -$19.1M for transfer to OP, AF line 44
  • Cuts -$79.5M for transfer to line 180
  • Fully funds Air Force Space and Cyber Non-Traditional ISR for Battlespace Awareness ($3.1M)
  • Adds a total of +$44.8M to Weather Service program ($56.6M)
  • Adds +$13.8M for transfer from line 284
  • Adds +$5.0M for program increase - dust emissions modeling
  • Adds +$8.0M for program increase - Air Force weather transformation
  • Adds +$3.0M for program increase - machine learning global weather forecasting
  • Adds +$5.0M for program increase - atmospheric rivers research
  • Adds +$10.0M for program increase - commercial weather data pilot
  • Fully funds Service Support to SPACECOM Activities ($13.8M)
  • Fully funds Weather Observation Forecast Procurement ($20.7M)
  • Fully funds Cheyenne Mountain Complex ($6.1M)
  • Adds +$0.5M for USSPACECOM Operation & Maintenance for program increase - Public Law 115–68 ($330.1M)
  • Fully funds Launch Facilities Operation & Maintenance ($0.7M)

DISA

  • Fully funds Teleport RDT&E ($1.3M)
  • Fully funds Teleport Procurement ($50.5M)

DARPA

  • Cuts -$7.5M from Space Programs and Technology for program reduction ($74.4M)

MDA

  • Fully funds Ballistic Missile Defense System Space Programs ($130.0M)

Army

  • Adds a total of +$13.0M to Army Space Systems Integration ($30.9M)
  • Adds +$8.0M for program increase - full spectrum protective technologies for cyber mission assurance
  • Adds +$5.0M for program increase - multi-mission synthetic aperture radar payload development
  • Fully funds Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellite Capability ($35.5M)
  • Adds +$14.0M to Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) for program increase - AltNav capability ($57.8M)
  • Fully funds Joint Tactical Ground System ($8.8M)
  • Fully funds SATCOM Ground Environment (SPACE) ($18.3M)
  • Cuts a total of -$12.8M Signal Modernization Program Procurement ($167.1M)
  • Cuts -$3.0M for Spares excess to need
  • Cuts -$2.0M for TROPO refurbishment cost overestimation
  • Cuts -$7.8M for TROPO HW early to need
  • Fully funds Defense Enterprise Wideband Satcom Systems Procurement ($107.2M)
  • Cuts a total of -$10.0M to Transportable Tactical Command Communications (T2C2) ($109.3M)
  • Adds +$4.0M for program increase - satellite communications terminals
  • Cuts -$14.0M for carryover
  • Fully funds SHF Term ($23.2M)
  • Cuts -$18.0M from Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing procurement for MAPS Gen II early to need ($166.9M)
  • Fully funds EHF Satellite Communications ($5.9M)
  • Fully funds SMART-T (SPACE) ($4.9M)
  • Fully funds Global Brdcst Svc – GBS ($3.2M)

Navy

  • Fully funds Navy Space & Electronic Warfare Support ($27.2M)
  • Fully funds SEW Surveillance/Reconnaissance Support ($7.2M)
  • Fully funds NAVSTAR GPS Receivers (Space) procurement ($30.4M)
  • Fully funds Satellite Communications Systems procurement ($39.8M)
  • Fully funds Navy Multiband Terminal (NMT) procurement ($24.6M)

AFWERX

  • Supports AFWERX as a novel acquisition approach to accelerate development of emerging technology
  • Encourages the Secretary of the Air Force to expand the program into new focus areas such as supersonic flight

Rapid Defense Experimentation Reserve

  • Notes the FY23 request includes $358.0M for the Rapid Defense Experimentation Reserve Fund (RDER) included within service program elements
  • Adjusts funding levels in RDER program elements and ensures RDER funding is delineated in a standalone program element
  • Provides the Office of the Secretary of Defense with an appropriate level of funding within Defense-wide RDT&E to conduct only core program management and integration activities, and reduces the scope of RDER efforts within the Office of the Joint Staff funding element
  • Notes that concerns remain with RDER’s ability to synchronize experimentation at Service and Combatant Command-level events with programmatic acquisition milestones
  • Directs the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, in coordination with the service secretaries, to provide a schedule and spend plan of RDER activities to the Congressional defense committees no later than 60 days after enactment

Streamlining and Bolstering Innovation Program Elements

  • Consolidates existing prototyping program elements within RDT&E, Defense-Wide into one dedicated program element per budget activity
  • Notes the Defense Modernization and Prototyping Program, the Joint Capability Technology Demonstration, and certain prototyping activities previously conducted in the Technology Innovation program element are combined to create the Defense Innovation Acceleration program element in Budget Activity 03
  • Supports the continuation of the Rapid Prototyping Program and separates the Rapid Defense Experimentation Reserve Fund program management activities into a dedicated program element in Budget Activity 04
  • Modifies section 8061 of the bill to normalize standards across program elements
  • Requires the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering to brief the Congressional defense committees on the implementation of these adjustments to the budget structure no later than 60 days after enactment
Regards,


Velos