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GAO report criticizes decision making behind Space Command’s move to Huntsville, AL

GAO doesn’t opine on whether Huntsville was the right or wrong decision. But the office says the Air Force made some fundamental missteps

Space Operations

(U.S. Space Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James Hodgman)

U.S. Space Force Capt. Mark Conque, 1st Range Operations Squadron assistant director of operations, uses the Range Application Deployment system to assess Space Launch Complex 40 June 7, 2022, at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla. The RAD system offers up to 25 video feeds to support launch operations. (U.S. Space Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James Hodgman)

Space Systems Command using a ‘buy first’ attitude with procurement

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GAO says Air Force decision on SPACECOM location was sloppy

Air Force

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Space Force, Space National Guard, soldier

Space National Guard still up in the air but lawmakers want to move forward

DoD Reporter's Notebook

DoD IG says SPACECOM basing decision was legal, large parts of rationale remain redacted

Space Operations

Pentagon shifting Project Maven, marquee artificial intelligence initiative, to NGA

Intelligence Community

Moon mining and satellite collisions make list of DoD concerns in space

Space Operations

FILE - Demonstrators gather on the steps to the State Capitol to speak against transgender-related legislation bills being considered in the Texas Senate and Texas House, Thursday, May 20, 2021 in Austin, Texas. A Texas judge on Friday, March 11, 2022 blocked the state from investigating as child abuse gender confirming care for transgender youth. District Judge Amy Clark Meachum issued a temporary injunction preventing the state from enforcing Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s directive to compel the Department of Family and Protective Services to investigate.(AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Air Force offers medical, legal help as states clamp down on trans and LGBTQ+ children

Defense

FILE - In this Dec. 23, 2021, photo provided by the U.S. Navy, Rear Adm. John Korka, Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC), and Chief of Civil Engineers, leads Navy and civilian water quality recovery experts through the tunnels of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, near Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Native Hawaiians who revere water in all its forms as the embodiment of a Hawaiian god say the Navy's acknowledgement that jet fuel leaked into Pearl Harbor's tap water has deepened the distrust they feel toward the U.S. military. (Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Luke McCall/U.S. Navy via AP, File)

2022 spending bill fills holes in DoD’s long-underfunded facility maintenance budgets

DoD Reporter's Notebook

Five key provisions in the just-signed 2022 intelligence authorization bill

Intelligence Community

SPACECOM doesn’t even have a formal office, but it’s in the center of future conflict

Space Operations

Pentagon’s race to modernize the military may not be marching fast enough

If the U.S. military’s modernizing efforts don’t go faster than its aging process, the country’s got a problem.

Defense

DoD awards nearly $2B to build first satellite-based ‘backbone’ of JADC2

The Space Development Agency awarded OTAs to three firms, each of whom will need to launch interoperable satellites that conform to DoD’s National Defense…

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This Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022, satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows the close up of helicopters and troops near Lake Donuzlav, Crimea. (Satellite image ©2022 Maxar Technologies via AP)

NGA developing commercial buying guide for satellite imagery

Inside the IC

The agency’s new “commercial supplier matrix” is intended to help intelligence analysts and other users sort through a growing mountain of space imagery.

Space Operations

GAO report criticizes decision making behind Space Command’s move to Huntsville, AL

Space Systems Command using a ‘buy first’ attitude with procurement

GAO says Air Force decision on SPACECOM location was sloppy

Space National Guard still up in the air but lawmakers want to move forward

DoD IG says SPACECOM basing decision was legal, large parts of rationale remain redacted

Pentagon shifting Project Maven, marquee artificial intelligence initiative, to NGA

Moon mining and satellite collisions make list of DoD concerns in space

Air Force offers medical, legal help as states clamp down on trans and LGBTQ+ children

2022 spending bill fills holes in DoD’s long-underfunded facility maintenance budgets

Five key provisions in the just-signed 2022 intelligence authorization bill

SPACECOM doesn’t even have a formal office, but it’s in the center of future conflict

Pentagon’s race to modernize the military may not be marching fast enough

DoD awards nearly $2B to build first satellite-based ‘backbone’ of JADC2

NGA developing commercial buying guide for satellite imagery

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