The Latest on the Space Force

March 31, 2019
Congress/DoD | DC360 | On Base
  • Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan will nominate leaders to run the proposed Space Force within “weeks, not months,” he said last week, according to Defense News. Shanahan said he has potential nominees in mind.
  • House Armed Services Chairman Adam Smith (D-Wash.) said the administration’s Space Force proposal is “highly problematic” and that his committee will explore “other options,” according to Space News.
  • The Senate Armed Services Committee will hold the first full-scale hearing about the proposal April 11, Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) announced, according to Space Policy Online. The hearing has not yet been officially announced on the committee’s schedule.
  • Air Force Technology provides an overview of what is known so far about the proposed Space Force.

 
Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Andrew Satran

March 31, 2019
Congress/DoD | DC360 | On Base

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