Space Force
Budget analysts challenge Air Force cost estimates for creating a space force
One thing a highball estimate does accomplish is “shift the debate to how expensive this is going to be."
Shanahan: A lot of ‘arm wrestling’ in the Pentagon on how to set up a space force
Shanahan on space reorganization: “We’re going to find the best way. There will be some hammering and arm wrestling. "
Wilson: $13 billion Space Force cost estimate is ‘conservative’
Wilson suggested her proposal is only the opening salvo. “I expect there will be a lot of discussion about how to implement the president’s vision.”
Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson’s Space Force proposal has people buzzing
Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson’s Space Force proposal dropped on the first day of the Air Force Association’s Air Space Cyber symposium, and it took the community by storm.
Air Force Association opposes establishment of a Space Force, says air and space are ‘indivisible’
AFA: "Standing up a separate space bureaucracy amplifies the problem by driving more money to a headquarters function, not space operations. "
Air Force Secretary lays roadmap to a new space force
Wilson: “This proposal establishes a clear mission, directly related to the strategic problem we are trying to solve."
New Pentagon memo lays out action plan to establish Space Force by 2020
A Space Force legislative proposal could arrive at the White House as early as Dec. 1, 2018.
Experts: A separate military service for space may be too much too soon
Former deputy defense secretary Bob Work: “There’s never been a thing that Congress doesn’t feel can be solved by reorganizing.”
Army soldiers on the front lines of space wars
Army officials: Space support "critical to success on the battlefield."
Air Force Secretary affirms support for Space Force
Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson on plans to create a Space Force: “If we are going to do this we should do it right.”
SN Military.Space | Air Force wants new GPS in orbit before year’s end • DoD big on OTAs • Space Force by 2020 a long shot
If all goes as planned, the Air Force should have one new GPS 3 satellite in orbit before the end of 2018.
Mattis: Reorganization of military space forces already in motion
Mattis: “We have worked with Congress and the White House to define the evolving space problem that we confront."
Defining the job duties of the Space Force will be a knotty task
Creating a new service could get messy not just from a political standpoint but also because there are vast cultural gulfs within the space community about what the primary mission of the Space Force should be.
SN Military.Space | Who’s who in the national security space workforce • Doubts raised about cost of Space Force • U.S., Brazil to share space data
Outside the national security space community, few people grasp the breadth of activities and missions that might one day transition to a Space Force, if and when Congress votes to create one.
Analysts: Space Force will test constitutional separation of powers
The possible creation of a Space Force gives Congress a “unique opportunity to shape the direction of U.S. national security space at this moment in time.”
Concerns grow about Space Force diverting funds from other military priorities
Retired Air Force officer Wesley Hallman: “We all want this to work. But does it have to be a separate service?"
