Pentagon officials have released the pay tables for the new National Security Personnel System. (They can be found here.) The NSPS Web site also now features a conversion fact sheet that gives general information concerning conversion to the new program. All of this may be premature, of course, since there is ongoing litigation and Congress may tell the Pentagon to slow down.
China’s rapidly advancing capabilities in space are a major concern for the presumed next chief of U.S. Space Force, who will likely oversee rapid growth in manpower and equipment to counter the growing threat.