From the transcript

To position the service for this mission growth and inform our future needs, the Space Force has been working hard to define what we believe our future operating environment will look like over the next 15 years, and then designed our objective force structure to meet the nation's expanding needs. That analysis makes it clear the Space Force we have today is not the Space Force we will need in the future. Increases in the service's budget and end strength are a national security imperative. That is why the FY27 budget boosts our top line by 130% and our end strength by 27%. The proposed budget, paired with this increase in end strength, will allow the Space Force to recruit and train the guardians we need, build vital space capabilities for the joint force and the nation, and provide the support and infrastructure that the mission growth demands.

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