Senate Authorizers Approve $20 Million for ORS Office

摘要

A draft version of the U.S. Senate's 2015 defense authorization bill calls for spending up to $20 million for a rapid-response military space office the Air Force wants to shut down. The bill, which the Senate Armed Services Committee approved May 22 by a vote of 25-1, recommends $20 million to continue designing a low-cost space situ-ational awareness satellite. The Operationally Responsive Space Office, established at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, in 2007, is tasked with quickly developing low-cost space capabilities in response to emerging military needs. The U.S. Air Force has been seeking to close the office - the service requested no money for it in 2015 - but has been stymied by Congress.