Posted: May 22, 2025 9:01 pm ET | Last Updated: May 22, 2025 11:12 pm ET | The House passed the reconciliation bill on May 22, 2025 that includes $25 billion for Trump's Golden Dome missile defense system that includes space-based intercptors. But the head of the U.S. Space Force is warning that his service is already under-resourced and has lost 14 percent of its civilian workforce.| SpacePolicyOnline.com
Posted: July 22, 2025 11:25 pm ET | Last Updated: July 22, 2025 11:38 pm ET | Gen. Michael Guetlein has begun his new job as head of the Golden Dome missile defense shield project. He has been given 60 days to come up with an objective architecture to build a system by 2028.| SpacePolicyOnline.com
Posted: June 10, 2025 11:06 pm ET | Last Updated: June 12, 2025 9:01 pm ET | The House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee took the first step in funding DOD for FY2026 on June 10, 2025, approving a bill that keeps total DOD spending at the same level as FY2025. The Space Force would also be funded at the same level as FY2025 even though the Trump Administration proposed cutting it by almost $3 billion.| SpacePolicyOnline.com