Independent study will inform Pentagon's Space Force proposal

By Courtney Albon / August 14, 2018 at 1:25 PM
The Pentagon will rely, in part, on an independent study directed by the Fiscal Year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act to inform its plan to create a separate Space Force. Last week's much-anticipated release of the Pentagon's plan to create a new military service for space, bolstered by President Trump's endorsement of the effort, came with unanswered questions about how much the scope of the new Space Force -- namely, who it will include and how much it will cost...

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