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Air Force to Spend $4 Billion on Space-Based Radar Through FY-09

April 14, 2004 :: Inside Defense :: News

Inside Missile Defense reports that the Air Force will increase spending on the Space-Based Radar (SBR) program to total over $4 billion through fiscal year 2009, the year the radar program is expected to begin production. The current year will see $173 spent on radar research and development, and the Air Force has asked for $328 for FY 2005. FY-06 will be allocated $466 million by the Air Force, $503 million for FY-07, $1.2 billion in FY-08, and $1.5 billion in FY-09.
        Raytheon and Northrop Grumman have already began work on the system’s sensor payload, and Science Applications International Corporation is contracted for SBR engineering and integration work. Inside Missile Defense also notes that the Defense Science Board is examining a possible role for the SBR program in missile defense.

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