{"id":26079,"date":"2019-09-17T19:45:37","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T19:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2019\/09\/17\/should-the-air-force-spend-even-more-missile-warning-satellites\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:28:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:28:40","slug":"should-the-air-force-spend-even-more-missile-warning-satellites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/space\/2019\/09\/17\/should-the-air-force-spend-even-more-missile-warning-satellites\/","title":{"rendered":"Should the Air Force spend even more on missile warning satellites?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senate appropriators have a message for the Air Force: Make early warning missile satellites a priority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Senate Appropriations Committee expressed concern over the Air Force\u2019s plan for funding the Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared system in a report on their annual defense spending bill. While the Pentagon requested $1.4 billion for the program in fiscal year 2020, the Senate spending committee noted that the request was $630 million short of what the program needs. With such a gap, senators questioned whether OPIR was a priority for the Air Force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OPIR is the next-generation early warning missile defense satellite system that will ultimately replace the Space Based Infrared System. The Pentagon has contracts with Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman to build three satellites in geosynchronous orbit and two covering the polar regions, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In order to close the funding gap, the Air Force has made a number of reprogramming requests. But according to Senate appropriators, that\u2019s not a responsible path forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf the program is to have any chance of success, the department cannot continue to rely on reprogramming requests for its funding,\u201d the committee\u2019s report read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2019\/09\/11\/senate-bill-includes-1b-in-new-money-for-hypersonics\/\" target=_blank>a far larger budget of $1.9 billion for OPIR<\/a>. While that is still less than the program need, it represents an increase of $535.5 million. Those funds are in addition to reprogramming requests that could meet the more than $2 billion program need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lockheed Martin representatives told reporters at the annual Air Force Association conference Sept. 17 that the requested increase in fiscal year 2020 funding doesn\u2019t represent a growth in costs for the program, but is the result of the rapid acquisition approach to the OPIR program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis shouldn\u2019t be perceived as cost growth,\u201dsaid Kay Sears, Lockheed Martin\u2019s vice president and general manager for military space. \u201cBut it is an accelerated schedule, so it comes with an accelerated budget.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNext Gen is an absolutely critical capability. We\u2019ve been asked to deliver that capability in a \u2018go fast\u2019 environment by 2025 and we are planning to do that. That comes with a funding profile that is a little bit different than a traditional defense program,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Part of that go fast approach, which Sears says results in higher up front costs, includes a payload competition between a Northrop Grumman\/Ball team and a Raytheon team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of spending that can happen at all of those companies at the same time,\u201d explained Sears. \u201cThat is what is driving the funding profile \u2015 it\u2019s the payload development and the fact that (&#8230;) we have two payload developers and two capabilities that we\u2019re going to have to choose from in that critical mission area.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senate appropriators noted in their report that OPIR is breaking ground for how to provide rapid prototypes for programs in the future and needs to be fully funded as an example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Committee believes the program will be an exemplar for rapid acquisition of space programs, whether the program succeeds or fails,\u201d read the report. \u201cFailure will have implications for Congress\u2019s willingness to fund future programs using the National Defense Authorization Act section 804 rapid prototyping and fielding authorities for similarly large, or even middle tier programs, for years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OPIR has been a point of contention between the House and Senate as they work through the two annual defense bills. Earlier in the summer the House balked at the massive increase in what the Pentagon wanted for OPIR in fiscal year 2020. 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