The three major commands are Space Operations Command, Space Systems Command and Space Training and Readiness Command. WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force has revealed its future organizational structure that in some ways follows the traditions of the other military services but also has unique elements. The newest branch of […]
Space Rapid Capabilities Office
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Griffin’s resignation leaves the SDA without a major advocate inside the Office of the Secretary of Defense. WASHINGTON — Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Mike Griffin and his deputy Lisa Porter submitted letters of resignation to Defense Secretary Mark Esper on June 23 and plan to leave their […]
The Air Force must fund three-year R&D agreements with companies to help them prepare to meet the requirements of the National Security Space Launch Phase 3 competition. WASHINGTON — The Senate Armed Services Committee’s markup of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 directs the Air Force to […]
THE SPACE COMMUNITY KNOWS COMPLEXITY. We’ve been building, launching, and deorbiting complex systems in space for more than 60 years. We’ve gotten so good at it and done it so many times that the space operating environment is now becoming more challenging than engineering the systems themselves. Complex challenges are […]
Space Force will have a field command focused on acquisition that will bring together several existing organizations WASHINGTON — One unfinished piece of business for the leaders of the U.S. Space Force is figuring out the organization of space acquisition agencies that currently operate independently. A plan to consolidate diverse […]
Thompson: “We’re beginning the next phase of activities to really build out the Space Force.” WASHINGTON — When the window for applications opens May 1, more than 7,000 enlisted airmen and officers will be asked to volunteer to give up their commission in the Air Force and transfer to the […]
The U.S. Space Force is just beginning to organize as a new branch of the armed forces and its leaders face a daunting to-do list. High on that list is figuring out the management of space acquisitions. Congress in the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act created a new position of […]
The NDAA require Space Force updates on a continuous basis until March 2023. WASHINGTON — Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett on Monday delivered to congressional leaders the first comprehensive proposal for how the U.S. Space Force will be organized as a separate military branch under the Department of the Air […]