SMC is “working on innovative relationships with, believe it or not, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, and some other places you wouldn’t think of as traditional spacefaring nations,” says Gen. DT Thompson, Space Force vice.
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“There is history; there is legacy; there is politics; there is money — obstacles that we’re going to have to overcome to do this,” says SMC head Gen. ‘JT’ Thompson.
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“I’d like to say that we’ve got that resolved, but it’s not nearly resolved,” Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett said of space acquisition.
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The Space Development Agency “could easily die away without anybody missing it,” said former Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson.
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“I’m not sure yet if we figured out a way to ensure part of that (commercial market) will survive,” Gen. DT Thompson said.
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Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett’s report to Congress on future space acquisition will include a plan to reform the way JROC sets requirements.
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“Being small could hurt the viability of the Space Force,” finds a new RAND study.
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Lawmakers on both sides of Capitol Hill are keeping an eagle eye out for spending creep in the Space Force budget. The Air Force has asked for a total of $15.3 billion in 2021 for the Space Force, and listed another $1 billion in unfunded requirements for the new service.
By Theresa Hitchens The report to Congress will not include “the full and total and complete bounds of the last dotted i and crossed t of every specific aspect” of how the Air Force will manage space acquisition, Thompson said.
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The newest branch of the armed services has just one member: Gen. Jay Raymond, the Space Force chief. Making him less lonely will take some heavy legislative lifting.
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“The external and internal communication regarding [DoD] smallsat strategy is not consistent and not clear,” Carissa Christensen, CEO of Bryce Space and Technologies, said wryly.
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The Air Force can’t regulate civilian satellites. The White House wants the Commerce Department to do it. But Democrats say FAA.
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“We will be using proliferated LEO,” says Lt. Gen. David Thompson, vice commander of Air Force Space Command. “It is simply a matter of for what missions.”
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