Pentagon starting to plan for new space chief

By Courtney Albon / August 30, 2018 at 2:10 PM
The Defense Department confirmed this week it is taking steps to create a new assistant secretary of defense for space to manage the transition to a Space Force. The creation of an ASD for space was not mentioned in the Pentagon's recent report, which outlines the steps to create a military department for space, stand up a new combatant command, and take other steps to reform and reorganize military space warfighting and acquisition. However, Vice President Mike Pence announced the...

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