Government Space Budgets
United States Government Space Budget
Annual U.S. Space Budget Overviews
2005 – RDT&E and IR&D funding
Independent Research and Development (IR&D) costs are estimated at $## billion, half of which was retroactively funded by the DoD. Assuming that the proportion of aerospace IR&D to space IR&D is…
2007 – RDT&E and IR&D funding
Total independent research and development (IR&D) expenditures are estimated at $## million for 2006, the latest year data was available from the Defense Contract Audit Agency. IR&D expenditures are private…
2008 – RDT&E and IR&D funding
Also in support of space activity, total independent research and development (IR&D) expenditures came in at an estimated $## million for 2007, the latest annual data available from the Defense…
2009 – RDT&E and IR&D funding
Total independent research and development (IR&D) expenditures in support of space activity were estimated at $## million for 2009. IR&D is research and development (R&D) initiated and conducted by defense…
2010 – RDT&E and IR&D funding
Total independent research and development (IR&D) expenditures in support of space activity were estimated at $## million for 2010. IR&D is research and development (R&D) initiated and conducted by defense…
2011 – RDT&E and IR&D funding
Independent research and development (IR&D) is initiated and conducted by defense contractors independent of Department of Defense (DoD) control. Space IR&D is estimated by applying the ratio between DoD space…
2012 – RDT&E and IR&D funding
Independent research and development (IR&D), another infrastructure support industry, covers research and development activities initiated and funded by defense contractors independent of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). Space-related IR&D…
2014 – RDT&E and IR&D funding
In a different category of support for space infrastructure, the U.S. government provides funding for the development of materials, equipment, and software through Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) budgets…
2005 – U.S. National Security Space Budgets
Determining the DoD’s space budget is more complex. This report includes budget figures drawn from the DoD’s virtual space major force program (vMFP). In DoD usage, a major force program…