Air Force Space Command
First order of business for Air Force space innovation office: Decide what it wants to build
Randy Walden, Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office: “It’s not the label on the door that actually makes you rapid. It’s the culture.”
Army weighs commercial options for battlefield comms • Space Command D.C. boss introduced • DoD eyes space-based missile defense
Leading a new effort to improve connectivity for Army units is Maj. Gen. David Bassett, program executive officer for command, control, and communications-tactical, or PEO C3T.
WATCH NOW | Air Force Space Command’s man in Washington makes debut
The new Pentagon-based vice commander of Air Force Space Command, Lt. Gen. David “DT” Thompson, made his first public appearance May 15, 2018, at a Washington Space Business Roundtable luncheon.
Space industry executives meet “East Coast Thompson”
Thompson: “We needed somebody to work space every single day. Before, I didn’t recognize how much that was needed."
Space Corps still an open question. A more likely prospect: U.S. Space Command
The FY-19 NDAA language calls for a new organization, likely to be named U.S. Space Command, within U.S. Strategic Command, following the same model as U.S. Cyber Command.
SN Military.Space | Space Command No. 2 takes office • NRO leading the way in innovation • Satellite as weapons in infowars
“Corporate advocacy and stewardship for Air Force space missions and capabilities.” That, in a nutshell, is the job description for Lt. Gen. David D. Thompson, who last Thursday became Air Force Space Command vice commander.
Goldfein: Air staff ‘excited’ about new three-star space commander
The new vice commander Lt. Gen. Thompson will help Gen. Raymond advance Air Force Space Command issues in D.C.
SN Military.Space | Lockheed going after future SBIRS; USAF to bring warrior mentality to space; DARPA’s plan to kill Battlestar Galactica
One of Lockheed Martin’s most prized military satellite programs is being nixed by the Air Force as the military seeks to transition to more resilient, less expensive systems.
Air Force tries to create a warrior culture in space
At combat training events like Red Flag, space has been a sideshow. Officials are trying to change that.
Op-Ed | Matching our launch infrastructure to affordable and resilient space systems
As the National Security Space community implements resiliency and disaggregation, and as we take advantage of the rapid acceleration of technology, it appears we are moving toward smaller, shorter life, and more numerous satellite programs.
Space Corps proposal becoming flashpoint in DoD budget negotiations
Rep. Mike Rogers says Air Force "better shape up or they’ll figure out who is in charge here," while Gen. David Goldfein says "now’s not the time to build seems and segregate and separate."
Slow acquisition can’t be a national security threat, senior space general says
Long delays with programs could put the U.S. behind adversaries in the increasingly contested space environment, said Maj. Gen. David Thompson, vice commander of Air Force Space Command.
U.S. Air Force seeks $1.3 billion increase for space programs
The service is looking to shore-up missile warning and GPS constellations.
Buck calls for more space intelligence positions
“Our space intel capability has atrophied, so we need to hit the gym and develop some muscle mass,” Buck said.
U.S. Air Force creating new three-star position in charge of space
The U.S. Air Force is creating a new deputy chief of staff for space position to be filled by a three-star general, Gen. John “Jay” Raymond, the head of Air Force Space Command, announced Tuesday.
SpaceX’s low cost won GPS 3 launch, Air Force says
But the military won’t be using a reusable rocket anytime soon
