The new report says the Pentagon is disputing a reported SpaceX plan worth about $500 million for Starlink service in Iran. Existing reporting had already described a broader pricing conflict in which SpaceX argued Starlink terminals used on U.S. LUCAS drones should be billed under a higher aviation-style service tier rather than lower-cost plans, while Pentagon officials pushed back on the pricing logic for drones. The latest update adds a major new figure tied to Starlink service in Iran and reinforces the wider tension between the Pentagon’s reliance on SpaceX and its efforts to control costs.