Space Force reveals $12.4B accounting for Next-Gen OPIR satellites

Space Force reveals $12.4B accounting for Next-Gen OPIR satellites

The Space Force has disclosed the first detailed public acquisition baselines for its two Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared satellite programs -- showing the first GEO spacecraft approaching an October launch while an FY-26 funding shortfall pushes the first Polar satellite to no earlier than September 2029 -- that collectively account for about $12.4 billion in acquisition costs. In August, the Pentagon made public the first Moderniz…