The Department of Defense wants to make commercial capabilities “integral” to its space architectures in a way that goes beyond how the Pentagon typically relies on contractors, with particular focus on more than a half dozen mission areas. What’s more, the department made clear in its first-ever ...
John F. Plumb
In January, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks signed off on a new space classification policy—one that "completely rewrites" the Space Force’s approach to secret programs and could boost cooperation with commercial industry and international allies, officials say. Speaking at the AFA Warfare Symposium, Chief ...
Our terrestrial forces … cannot survive and perform their missions if our adversary’s space-based operational support systems, especially targeting systems, are allowed to operate with impunity.
The Space Force made resiliency its No. 1 priority in 2022, with proliferated constellations of satellites a focus of this program to ensure systems remain operable even if some elements are lost. This year, resiliency is “baked into all the conversations,” said assistant secretary of ...
Fifth AF without F-15s; Collaborative Combat Aircraft; Layered missile defense in Guam.
