FY27 request doubles Space Force topline to $71B; NRO-partnered moving-target indicator and classified programs surge

The President's FY27 budget request would raise Space Force spending to $71.24B, up roughly 80% over the FY26 enacted $31.86B, with $59B through the discretionary base and $12B through reconciliation. The Space-Based Moving Target Indicator line grows to just over $1B, most of which flows through reconciliation and joint work with the National Reconnaissance Office whose program details remain classified. Space Force baseline and reconciliation funding for classified programs jumps nearly threefold to $17.3B in FY27 from $6.5B in FY26. Missile warning and tracking programs, including Next-Gen OPIR, MWT-MEO and SDA's Tracking Layer, draw $6.4B in RDT&E for the Golden Dome architecture. CSO Saltzman framed the uplift as long-overdue recapitalization rather than a surge.