Comment by p_l
1 year ago
USAF fronted significant (40%? Those kinds of numbers were floating around) of initial operational capability costs.
1 year ago
USAF fronted significant (40%? Those kinds of numbers were floating around) of initial operational capability costs.
I'd like to see an article or even an estimate. SpaceX spent 2.4 billion upfront on the dishes alone to ST Micro.
I don't believe the AF spent anything more than 100m for whatever R&D program. And the money was post development.
Was it a black budget thing?