{"id":35031,"date":"2020-11-20T21:46:23","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T21:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/11\/20\/pentagon-expected-to-increase-space-force-funding-in-coming-years\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:14:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:14:12","slug":"pentagon-expected-to-increase-space-force-funding-in-coming-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/space\/2020\/11\/20\/pentagon-expected-to-increase-space-force-funding-in-coming-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon expected to increase Space Force funding in coming years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 U.S. Space Force leadership is confident the new service\u2019s budget will increase in the coming years as the Pentagon continues to prioritize spending on space systems, according to the head of the Space Force\u2019s main acquisitions body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you thought space was going to be a priority in a kind of one-and-done way, that\u2019s not clearly what\u2019s been happening, right?\u201d Lt. Gen. John Thompson, commander of the Space and Missile Systems Center, said during the virtual 6th annual Schriever Space Futures Forum. \u201cSo three years in a row budgets have gone to the Hill with foundational changes to the space budget.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s despite the fact that space systems and their supporting equipment are very expensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\t