{"id":50394,"date":"2023-12-07T20:40:57","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T20:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2023\/12\/07\/budget-standoff-a-big-deal-for-space-development-agency\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:34:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:34:02","slug":"budget-standoff-a-big-deal-for-space-development-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/space\/2023\/12\/07\/budget-standoff-a-big-deal-for-space-development-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"Budget standoff \u2018a big deal\u2019 for Space Development Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The head of the Space Development Agency said delays to fiscal 2024 funding and the possibility of an across-the-board budget cut would be \u201ca big deal\u201d for his organization\u2019s acquisition plans in the coming year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SDA Director Derek Tournear said Dec. 7 the agency has already put some projects on hold due to the ongoing continuing resolution, which pauses spending at fiscal 2023 levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s just too much uncertainty,\u201d Tournear said during a National Security Space Association webinar. \u201cThe biggest thing that we could ask for is predictability in the budget, passing a budget, so that we can continue to move fast. Right now, we can move as fast as we can but uncertainty in funding will put a break on everything. So, it\u2019s a big problem.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The agency was established in 2019 to quickly field a constellation of hundreds of data transport and advanced missile tracking satellites in low Earth orbit, about 1,200 miles above the Earth\u2019s atmosphere. Those spacecraft will augment existing fleets of large satellites and the plan is for SDA to upgrade its capabilities on a two-year cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The agency<a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2023\/04\/04\/space-development-agency-enters-demonstration-phase-after-first-launch\/\" target=\"_blank\"> began launching its first batch of satellites<\/a>, dubbed Tranche 0, in April and September and will finalize that tranche with a third mission early next year. Next September, it will begin an 11-launch campaign to deliver 161 Tranche 1 satellites to orbit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tournear said the continuing resolution, which is set to expire Feb. 2, shouldn\u2019t impact SDA\u2019s Tranche 1 launches. However, the agency has already put <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2023\/10\/20\/space-development-agency-orders-62-satellites-from-york-space-systems\/\" target=\"_blank\">some of its Tranche 2 acquisition plans<\/a> on hold \u2014specifically, its solicitation for eight satellites that will demonstrate the ability to send fire control information to military users as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sda.mil\/sda-issues-draft-solicitation-for-tranche-2-transport-layer-gamma-variant-space-vehicles\/\" target=\"_blank\">another 20 data transport satellites<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe most likely will not award those until we get out of a CR just because there\u2019s too much uncertainty in what the budget will hold,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Along with agencies across the government, SDA faces the further threat of an automatic 1% funding cut if Congress fails to pass all 12 appropriations bills before the end of the month. 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