Vacant chairs popping up at Pentagon’s space policy shop

Vacant chairs popping up at Pentagon’s space policy shop
Vacant chairs popping up at Pentagon’s space policy shop

Vipin Narang, who was tapped as acting assistant secretary following Plumb’s departure, is due to exit back to MIT within a few months; Travis Langster, who has been shepherding the transition of DoD’s commercial space monitoring mission to the Commerce Department, has joined DoD’s acquisition office.

Commerce’s initial space safety system will lean ‘heavily’ on DoD data

Commerce’s initial space safety system will lean ‘heavily’ on DoD data
Commerce’s initial space safety system will lean ‘heavily’ on DoD data

DoD is working with Commerce to provide expertise on how to crunch space observational data, said Travis Langster, DoD principal director for space policy.