Space Force braces for stalled progress amid lack of full funding
Erich Hernandez-Baquero, assistant secretary of the Air Force for space acquisition and integration, speaks during the 2026 Air and Space Forces Association Air, Space & Cyber Conference, Sept. 15. U.S. Air Force / Tech. Sgt. William OBrien
ByLauren C. Williams,
Business Editor
September 18, 2026 04:12 PM ET
Fiscal 2027 program starts are already on hold until December.
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—Space Force modernization efforts could slow if Congress doesn’t pass a full budget at the end of the year, the service’s leaders said.
“We're on this ramp-up, right, consistent with our overall strategy and the recognition that the space domain is a critical domain, in and of itself, but also for the joint force,” Erich Hernandez-Baquero, the Space Force’s top buyer, told reporters Tuesday. “Now we're going to run into [fiscal year 2027]—and you saw that our budget request was to continue on that—and this...
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