The Air Force plans to unveil a new mission statement within the next two weeks. The new statement is still under wraps, but we are told it includes a phrase being used lately by new Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne: “deliver sovereign options for the defense of the United States in air, space, and cyberspace.” Sources tell us that the new mission statement is two-pronged: emphasizing unique USAF capabilities and a commitment to joint action.
The Space Force is playing midwife to a new ecosystem of commercial satellite constellations providing alternatives to the service’s own Global Positioning Service from much closer to the Earth, making their signals more accurate and harder to jam.
