Congress shifts Space Force funding, adds $500M for GPS IIIF

Congress shifts Space Force funding, adds $500M for GPS IIIF

Congress criticized the Space Force for failing to include GPS III Follow-on procurement funding in its budget request and added $528 million for the contractually obligated purchase in the fiscal year 2026 appropriations bill that passed in the House today. Despite having a contract to buy a minimum of one new GPS IIIF satellite per year, the Space Force budget created a “gap year” that would trigger what appropriators called a “costly penalty …