As part of the transfer of control underway in South Korea, the South Korean Air Force will handle military weather forecasting for both peacetime and wartime operations, reports The Korea Times. Officials have not yet said whether this transfer will mean the US Air Force would reduce the number of weather personnel stationed on the peninsula. By tradition, USAF provides weather data for both the Air Force and Army.
The Space Development Agency says it’s on track to issue its next batch of missile warning and tracking satellite contracts this month after those awards were delayed by the Pentagon’s decision to divert funds from the agency to pay troops during this fall’s prolonged government shutdown.
