I'd like to see an article or even an estimate. SpaceX spent 2.4 billion upfront on the dishes alone to ST Micro. I don't believe the AF spent anything more th

I'd like to see an article or even an estimate. SpaceX spent 2.4 billion upfront on the dishes alone to ST Micro. I don't believe the AF spent anything more than 100m for whatever R&D program. And the money was post development. Was it a black budget thing?