US Transportation Command has put its new Families First program into a “strategic pause,” postponing the February implementation of phase 2 until it can deliver “quality development” of the plan’s “one system, one standard, worldwide Web-based” Defense Personal Property System. Officials say they need time to “create a more efficient program oversight process” and “provide ample time for user training” outside the peak May through September season for household moves. So that must mean they’re looking at next fall
A new White House policy calls for the Pentagon to craft plans for additional space launch facilities to support a projected increase in launch demand that could see the U.S. supporting as many as 1,000 launches by 2030, more than a fivefold increase from 2025.