Air Force Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget Maj. Gen. John M. Pletcher and Air Force Deputy for Budget Carolyn M. Gleason announce the service’s fiscal year 2020 defense budget request during a news conference at the Pentagon, March 12, 2019.

The Pentagon justifies increased spending on space as necessary to ensure “unfettered access to and freedom to operate in space.”

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Sandra Erwin writes about military space programs, policy, technology and the industry that supports this sector. She has covered the military, the Pentagon, Congress and the defense industry for nearly two decades as editor of NDIA’s National Defense...