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Watch, Read: Space Force’s Towberman at vASC 2020

Oct. 4, 2020
Chief Master Sgt. Roger A. Towberman, the Space Force's senior enlisted adviser, addessed a live audience in the Pentagon Sept. 15, 2020, one of a series of keynote addresses during the Air Force Association's virtual Air, Space & Cyber Conference. Here is a transcript.

Shaw Nominated for SPACECOM’s No. 2 Job

Oct. 2, 2020 | By Rachel S. Cohen
Maj. Gen. John E. Shaw, the head of the Space Force's operations organization, is up for a promotion to be the deputy commander of U.S. Space Command, the Pentagon said Oct. 1. He would also rise to the rank of lieutenant general if confirmed by ...

Watch: ULA’s Tory Bruno, Space Force’s “DT” Thompson at AFA’s vASC

Oct. 1, 2020
Check out United Launch Alliance CEO's fireside chat on space with Space Force Vice Commander Lt. Gen. David Thompson—whom the Senate has since confirmed to serve as USSF's first-ever Vice Chief of Space Operations—that was held during the Air Force Association's virtual Air, Space & ...

Space Systems Command to Stand Up in 2021

Oct. 1, 2020 | By Rachel S. Cohen
The Space Force will stand up its Space Systems Command to oversee software and hardware acquisition “sooner rather than later” in 2021, the service’s second-highest uniformed official said Oct. 1. Lt. Gen. David D. Thompson said during a Defense One event that the new systems ...

Q&A: Space Ops 101

Oct. 1, 2020 | By Rachel S. Cohen
Lt. Gen. B. Chance Saltzman, Space Force Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Operations, Cyber, and Nuclear, speaks with Rachel S. Cohen about Space Force.

Watch: Industry Views on USSF Requirements, from AFA’s vASC 2020

Sept. 30, 2020
The "Industry Perspectives: How to Align Private Sector with Requirements of the USSF" panel held as part of the Air Force Association's virtual Air, Space & Cyber Conference featured a discussion with Tory Bruno, Bruce Chesley, Blake Larson, and Rick Ambrose.