Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, wants to attach an amendment to the 2007 defense authorization bill that would turn Santa Rosa Island—in California’s Channel Islands National Park—into a DOD installation for military recreation and training. The Los Angeles Times reports that Hunter tried to work this issue last spring with little success.
The Space Force is requesting prototype proposals for space-based interceptors that can destroy a missile during the midcourse phase of flight, on top of its previous efforts to develop interceptors that take down missiles in their boost phase.
