What the document says“Next Generation Missile Defense Technologies.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there are appropriated to the Secretary of Defense for fiscal year 2025, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to remain available until September 30, 2029--”
The section appropriates seven sums to the Secretary of Defense for fiscal year 2025, available through September 30, 2029: $250,000,000 for directed energy development and testing by the Under Secretary for Research and Engineering; $500,000,000 for national security space launch infrastructure; $2,000,000,000 for air moving target indicator military satellites; $400,000,000 to expand the Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic Test Bed program; $5,600,000,000 for space-based and boost phase intercept capabilities; $7,200,000,000 for military space-based sensors; and $2,550,000,000 for military missile defense capabilities.
What the document actually says“Next Generation Missile Defense Technologies.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there are appropriated to the Secretary of Defense for fiscal year 2025, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to remain available until September 30, 2029--”
Money is set aside for new missile defense work. It is on top of what the department already has. It can be spent through September 30, 2029.
Seven sums are named. The biggest is $7.2 billion for sensors in space. Another $5.6 billion goes to stopping missiles soon after launch.
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