Future of Space Development Agency Could Be in Jeopardy as Budget Talks Continue

摘要

Continuing resolutions and budget uncertainty are a perennial concern to the U.S. military, butthe nascent Space Development Agency’s (SDA) future appears particularly tied to how quicklylawmakers can authorize and appropriate fiscal year 2020 defense funding.The Defense Department must continue to wait for budget approval to fund the SDA, an agencythat was stood up this year by Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering MikeGriffin and intended to help quickly develop and field new space capabilities that have notpreviously been prioritized.