The Space Force is poised for two major changes in November, with a new Chief of Space Operations taking command early in the month and the service’s component for U.S. Indo-Pacific Command standing up a few weeks later. Vice Chief of Space Operations Gen. David ...
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The Space Force must be given leadership over disparate elements of the U.S. military's joint all-domain command and control effort, according to a paper by AFA's Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies. JADC2 is the Defense Department's effort to improve command and control by collecting more ...
The Department of the Air Force’s biggest acquisition accounts generally kept costs down in fiscal 2021 compared to the year before, even as the programs' projected timelines continued to lengthen, a new DAF report found. In particular, the report showed significant cost savings in the ...
The effects of Russia’s 2021 anti-satellite weapon test on just one commercial satellite constellation illustrate the urgency of just one aspect of space safety. A “dominating commercial space market” is also expanding the scope of space missions to include the likes of commercial human spaceflight and ...
President Joe Biden’s administration is not backing off its opposition to the creation of a Space National Guard, even as a group of lawmakers continue their push for it. In a statement of administration policy on the Senate’s version of the 2023 National Defense Authorization ...
Retired Gen. Lance Lord delivered a keynote speech on "The Spirit of Space Power" at AFA's Air, Space & Cyber Conference. Watch the video or read the transcript.
Retired Lt. Gen. David A. Deptula, dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, moderated a discussion on "Air & Space Warriors Now & Tomorrow" with Lt. Gen. Brian S. Robinson, commander of Air Education and Training Command; Maj. Gen. Shawn N. Bratton, commander of ...
Sean Maday of Google moderated a discussion on "Space Innovation to the Tactical Edge" with Maj. Gen. DeAnna M. Burt, Special Assistant to the Chief of Space Operations; Marc Bell CEO of Terran Orbital; Steven J. Butow of the Defense Innovation Unit; and Chris Kemp, ...
Col. Joshua Koslov, commander of the 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing, moderated a discussion on "Electromagnetic Warfare" with Dave Harrold of BAE, David A. Mueller of AT&T, and Brent T. Toland of Northrop Grumman at AFA's Air, Space & Cyber Conference. Watch the video or read ...