Tag Archives: Air Force Space Command

Several military leaders have been named to lead cyber commands at U.S. service branches, Fifth Domain reported Tuesday. Lt. Gen. Stephen Fogarty, formerly chief of staff of the U.S. Cyber Command, succeeded Gen. Paul Nakasone as head of the Army Cyber Command and commander of Joint Task Force-Ares on June …

The House Appropriations Committee’s defense subpanel has released a report that would require the Defense Department to come up with an acquisition strategy that explains how it will buy commercial space systems and services to support its military communications satellites, SpaceNews reported Saturday. The report was issued alongside the defense …

The U.S. Air Force has transferred cyber responsibilities from the Air Force Space Command to the Air Combat Command as part of a mission realignment initiative. ACC will now serve as the military branch’s lead command responsible for helping Air Forces manage cyber missions and operations, USAF said Thursday. AFSPC will concentrate on efforts …

Maj. Gen David Thompson, special assistant to the commander of the Air Force Space Command, will receive his third star and take on a new role as AFSPC vice commander this week to support military space operations at the Pentagon, Defense News reported Saturday. Gen. David Goldfein, U.S. Air Force chief …

The U.S. Air Force is considering procurement of small satellites that can augment or serve as backups to the country’s existing military satellite constellation, Defense One reported Monday. The report said Air Force officials aim to make it more difficult for adversaries to disrupt space-based services through a satellite diversification effort. …

The National Space Defense Center, a partnership between the Intelligence Community and Defense Department, was declared fully operational on Jan. 8 to support interagency efforts to secure U.S. space assets. NSDC aims to increase the government’s capacity to protect and defend space-based systems that support joint warfighters, the U.S. Air …

Heather Wilson, U.S. Air Force secretary, has told the congressional armed services committee the service branch aims to open a three-star vice commander of the Air Force Space Command position to help the U.S. Space Command oversee space-related operations, Space News reported Tuesday. The move will support broader Air Force …

The House voted 356-70 Tuesday to pass a conferenced version of a defense spending bill that would allocate $626.4 billion in base budget and $65.7 billion in overseas contingency operations funds for fiscal year 2018, The Hill reported Tuesday. The compromise FY 2018 National Defense Authorization Act would authorize a 2.4 percent pay increase …

A final version of the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act unveiled by a congressional conference committee Wednesday seeks to reform the U.S. military’s current management system for the national security space enterprise, Space News reported Thursday. The $692 billion NDAA would require transfer of space-related organizational, training and equipping powers to the Air Force …

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Trent Edwards has been assigned as director of budget operations and personnel at the service branch’s Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget. The Defense Department said Friday Edwards most recently served as director of programming and financial management and comptroller at the Air Force …