The Space Force is starting to share early versions of its 15-year force structure roadmap with industry, government, and allied officials, focused on three primary mission areas—navigation warfare, space domain awareness, and satellite communications—Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman announced Feb. 23.
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The Space Force expects to wrap up a detailed analysis this year of its “objective force,” a forward-looking vision for what platforms, support structures, and manpower the service thinks it will need over the next 15 years.
Lt. Gen. Shawn Bratton, the Space Force’s chief planning officer, is taking the lead on developing the service’s newest field command, Space Futures Command, and hopes to reach an initial capability before the end of 2024. A “task force” of roughly 10 to 15 people will ...
In this Q&A with Air Force Magazine, Gen. John W. "Jay" Raymond reflects on what it means to be the first Chief of Space Operations and the Space Force’s very first member, as well as the future of the new service and of space itself.
For the Space Force, year three is about defining a defense space architecture.