U.S. Space Force Unfunded Priorities List Includes $431 Million for Programs to Provide 'Warfighting Punch'

摘要

More than half of the U.S. Space Force's (USSF) $832 million unfunded priorities list (UPL)- -$431.1 million--is devoted to programs "to develop a warfighting punch." Included in the $431.1 million are five classified programs worth $289 million--three of which are under the Department of the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office (DAF RCO), one of which is under the Air Force Research Laboratory Systems Technology Office, and one of which will be under the future USSF Space Systems Command (SSC). The largest of the five programs is a $156 million effort under the DAF RCO. While Space Force has not disclosed the development of any offensive, kinetic programs, the service has revealed several non-kinetic counterspace efforts, including COLSA Corp.’s Bounty Hunter system, a ground-based system providing satellite communications interference detection, which achieved initial operational capability on Aug. 7 last year, and the $247.5 million Counter Communications System (CCS) Block 10.3 Meadowlands system by L3Harris Technologies [LHX].