Tag Archives: Space Force

The Department of Defense (DoD) has requested $88 million to complete the Consolidated Space Operations Facility at Schriever Air Force Base in Colorado to support U.S. Space Command and Space Force operations, DoD reported Tuesday.

RAND is conducting a one-year study for the U.S. Space Force to evaluate the commercial space industry’s capabilities and identify space platforms that could be of benefit to the service branch, SpaceNews reported Saturday.

Stephen Kitay, deputy assistant secretary of defense for space policy, has said that interagency, international and private-sector partnerships can help the Depaerment of Defense drive U.S. Space Force initiatives, National Defense Magazine reported Thursday.

Mark Esper, secretary of the Department of Defense and a 2020 Wash100 award winner, said in a memo that the Pentagon’s $740B budget request for fiscal year 2021 would advance weapons modernization, support service members and strengthen alliances in support of the “irreversible implementation of the National Defense Strategy,” Military Times reported Tuesday.

Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett has handed over to congressional leaders the service’s proposed organizational plan for the new Space Force in accordance with the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act, SpaceNews reported Monday.

Brig. Gen. Michael Conley, who leads U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command's 1st Special Operations Wing, has been appointed to fill a role at the U.S. Space Force. He will serve as vice commander of the USSF's Space Operations Command, from Vandenberg Air Force Base, the Department of Defense said Thursday.

Air Force Gen. John Hyten, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a two-time Wash100 award recipient, said the Department of Defense needs to accelerate its modernization and reform efforts to maintain its deterrence advantage, DoD News reported Wednesday.

Shawn Barnes, deputy principal assistant to the secretary of the U.S. Air Force for space, has been tapped to serve as coordinator for the process of organizing the Space Force headquarters and the sixth military branch's acquisition office, SpaceNews reported Tuesday.

The U.S. Air Force has unveiled job openings for civilian positions on the service branch's Space Force command, Federal Times reported Monday.

Gen. David Goldfein, chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force and 2020 Wash100 Award winner, has said that he is prioritizing efforts to establish an all-domain system driven by advanced software and machine learning.