The U.S. could lose its ability to effectively operate in space without action to lower the number of objects in low Earth orbit, top U.S. generals said. Vice Chief of Space Operations Gen. David D. Thompson said his biggest concern was not debris from objects ...
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Chief of Space Operations Gen. John W. "Jay" Raymond delivered a keynote address on “The State of the Space Force” at AFA’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference, Sept. 20, 2022. Watch the video or read the transcript.
Department of the Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall delivered a keynote address on "One Team, One Fight, One Year Later" at AFA's Air, Space & Cyber Conference. Watch the video or read the transcript.
Unlike nearly every other innovative technology throughout history, Maj. Gen. DeAnna M. Burt believes the space enterprise emerged backward. “Every other domain started with an entrepreneur who built something,” Burt, the special assistant to the Chief of Space Operations, told an audience at AFA’s Air, ...
In the closing session of AFA's Air, Space, & Cyber Conference, top generals in charge of the Air Force and Space Force future planning laid out their visions of the fundamental shifts of "space superiority" and the "democratization of air power" occurring in their domain.
The United States is unprepared for a wartime fight with a peer adversary in the space and cyber domains, top U.S. generals said at AFA's Air, Space & Cyber Conference. "The answer is no, we're not ready," Lt. Gen. Leah G. Lauderback, Air Force deputy ...
The Biden administration is proposing new actions designed to confront the proliferation of space traffic and debris as Earth orbit becomes increasingly congested and contested. The government launched two efforts that it hopes will lead to a safer environment for the nation's military and commercial ...
The Space Force doesn’t just need a more resilient satellite architecture, the service’s potential new leader told lawmakers Sept. 13—it needs more and better ways to test and train its Guardians for the future of a contested domain.
GAO criticizes DOD on GPS alternatives; USAFE, AFSOC buy SpaceX internet service; and NRO will follow Space Command instructions.