The new Pentagon plan envisions spending in 2007 of $84.2 billion for procurement of weapons and other systems, with modest growth in the following four years. The follow-up amounts are $99.7 billion (2008); $109 billion (2009), $111.7 billion (2010); and $118 billion (2011). It is not likely that these amounts will be sufficient to cover the cost of force modernization about a decade-and-a-half long “procurement holiday.”
While the Space Force is still making long-term plans to establish high-fidelity live and virtual test and training ranges in the coming years, officials say they're also working with operators to identify near-term gaps and quickly field capabilities to address them.
