Hyten: 'I'm going to be unbelievably loud' about space overclassification

By Courtney Albon / November 20, 2020 at 3:55 PM
The vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said today he plans to spend his last year in the seat pushing hard for changes to the way the Defense Department classifies space programs. Gen. John Hyten will retire next November after his two-year term expires, and he told an audience today at the Schriever Space Futures Forum he is not satisfied with the slow progress DOD has made in its effort to declassify space information. "I'll retire basically a...

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