U.S. Army 2022 Budget «Space Forces»

Bayanalysis - addresses the US Army's budget request for Space Systems and Satellite Communications Systems (SATCOM); fixed infrared (OPIR) capabilities; GPS Navigation and Timing (PNT); and space launch systems.

The Department continues to maintain existing systems, while moving forward with the development of follow-up capabilities that support operations in a contested space environment.

Concurrent actions to maintain and update these critical space capabilities reflect the administration's focus on increasing the combined force's capability and lethality.

The Space Force will complete the production and launch of the SpaceX 6 Space Infrared Systems (SBIRS) spacecraft to meet OPIR requirements.

The Advanced Extremely High Frequency 6 (AEHF) spacecraft was launched in 2020 and investment continues in rapid payload prototyping of the follow-up system, Evolved Strategy SATCOM (ESS), to meet the needs of Military SATCOM (MILSATCOM) in
 Budget 2022. Three contracts for rapid prototyping were awarded to ESS from September to November 2020.

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Tactical SATCOM (PTS) is the next generation of anti-jamming satellite systems, which will provide protected tactical communications for men of war around the world, including in the polar regions. The three contracts for rapid prototyping of PTS were awarded in February 2020

The US Army's budget request continues to continue the Next Generation Continuous Infrared (NG OPIR) Strategic Missile Warning System as part of the transition to the future OPIR architecture.

The next generation system incorporates mature resilience features to increase strategic survivability in a contested environment.

In addition, Space Force will include a sensor technology update to ensure missile warning capabilities are equal to or greater than today's SBIRS, while taking advantage of sensor technology improvements.

The US Army's budget request continues the resilience improvements to the PNT mission, integrating a regional military protection capability into the Global Positioning System (GPS) III constellation.

This improvement ensures PNT capabilities in contested environments and for disadvantaged users.

The order also funds improvements to the GPS ground segment to enable Advanced Military Code Implementation (M-Code), which improves anti-jamming and secure access to military GPS signals in contested environments.

The National Security Space Launch Program (NSSL), formerly known as Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV), has been aligned with satellite launch schedules in fiscal year 2021 and fiscal year 2022 and continues to take a public-private partnership approach for future acquisitions of the service. launch.

The Space Force's strategy aims to ensure that there are two commercially viable, domestically sourced Space Launch Service Providers (SLSPs) with the requirement to also eliminate the use of foreign-made propulsion systems.

Our highest priority is to develop a common command and control system for all domains to ensure that the United States Space Command, its joint war partners, and allied coalitions have the capability they need to command and control in a contested area.