DOD reconsidering policy, logic around space system classification

By Courtney Albon / February 5, 2016 at 9:05 AM
The Defense Department is beginning to analyze its policy around space program classification levels, and is considering where it might make sense to make some protected program information available publicly or at lower classification levels. Winston Beauchamp, the deputy undersecretary of the Air Force for space, said during a Jan. 29 Air Force Association event on Capitol Hill that program information tends to stay classified longer in the space regime than in other domains. "In space, the compartmentation has been...

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