Pentagon Weighs Bailout for Space Industry With Pandemic Survey

The Air Force and Space Force are feeling out the space industrial base for a potential pandemic bailout from Congress.

The services said Wednesday they have begun a survey on how coronavirus upheaval has stressed companies and increased the costs of existing programs as well as how stimulus funds could be used for small space vehicles, micro-electronics, and other areas that could be important to future operations.

The effort to shore up the space industry followed an emergency meeting of the Pentagon’s Space Acquisition Council that was created as part of the fiscal 2020 defense authorization (Public Law 116-92 ...