Gen. Lance Lord, head of Air Force Space Command, tells us that conditions are auspicious for commercial space sector business and for the commercial and military space sectors to find a common ground that will benefit both. So, will there be more cuts to military space programs? “There’s no doubt we have to be prepared,” Lord says. But, he adds, “I’m confident we’ll be able to work with the dollars we get; … we’ve got a strategy that’s going to give us some flexibility.”
Secretary of Defense Austin Lloyd III met with his counterparts from Australia, Japan and the Philippines to discuss bolstering defense ties on May 2. The discussion included plans for joint F-35 exercises with Japan and Australia in the coming years.