For the newest military arm, this year saw it plant the seeds for important changes in everything from strategy to acquisition.
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“A resilient, ready and combat capable Space Force is indispensable to deterrence today, tomorrow and every day after that,” the new Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman said today. “And in the worst case, if deterrence fails, the Space Force will be an indispensable component of our joint force at war.”
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The Space Force is “working with all the other services and combat commanders to determine what are their requirements for ISR that we can then work with our partners in the Intelligence Community to figure out how best to satisfy those requirements,” CSO Gen. Jay Raymond said.
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“What we’re trying to do is just like you do with your financial portfolios, where you diversify your financial portfolio, so you don’t go broke if one stock takes a tumble. We want to do the same thing with our satellite architecture,” said CSO Gen. Jay Raymond.
By Theresa Hitchens
Sources tell Breaking Defense that two names — Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting and Lt. Gen. John Shaw — have been sent to the White House for potential nomination as the new Space Force chief.
By Theresa Hitchens
Not establishing a Space National Guard was “a mistake when Space Force was created,” said Sen. Diane Feinstein, D-Calif., in announcing a proposed bill to “remedy that.”
By Theresa Hitchens
A draft version of a DoD inspector general report, obtained by Breaking Defense, said an Alabama HQ was justified, even after top military officials made a last-minute push for Colorado Springs.
By Theresa Hitchens
Integrating commercial off-the-shelf computing on military platforms and how to make it work
The systems may be off-the-shelf, but the packaging for integration on vehicles and ships provides cradle-to-grave resiliency.
The final OIG report redacts details in the draft version, obtained by Breaking Defense, about how arguments by top military brass jumped Colorado Springs to DoD’s first choice only days before Trump’s briefing.
By Theresa Hitchens
Kendall’s remarks, which came as a surprise to many, including several Space Force officers at the Space Symposium, serves as a direction for where the service should prioritize.
By Theresa Hitchens
“Our joint and coalition forces that are requiring the space capabilities that we provide, and they can’t be treated as a given anymore,” Gen. John Raymond said.
By Theresa Hitchens
The new military accord signed by Australia, Canada, France, Germany, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the US presages joint stance on future space norms.
By Theresa Hitchens
Chief of Space Operations Gen. Jay Raymond said should a year-long continuing resolution come to pass, the disruption for sat launches would “ripple” for years.
By Theresa Hitchens
“I’ve been saying, kind of tongue in cheek, we’ve been JADC2 before it was cool,” Space Force chief Gen. Jay Raymond told CSIS.
By Theresa Hitchens
SWAC Director Andrew Cox joked that his office would be “building Pinocchios” if it can’t move its blueprints for change into real-boy programs with funding behind them.
By Theresa Hitchens
