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2021: A Space (Force) Odyssey: Norms, Arms Control & Warfighting "I will be very curious to see how the Space Force shakes out in the next year or so. It's not going away but how it manifests itself could be different," said Victoria Samson, Washington Office director for Secure World Foundation.

Santa Heads To Space Station! Santa's swinging by to help them celebrate the twentieth year of humans living continuously in the station. (As I write this, NORAD has pinpointed Santa swinging by Valetta, Malta)

Most Overlooked Defense Stories Of 2020! The most overlooked story of 2020, including by this publication, is that having a president largely divorced from making military decisions worked pretty well for the US military.

EXCLUSIVE: Space Is At Heart Of JADC2, Says Maj. Gen. Crider "As a new service, we have an opportunity here to really establish ourselves in a new way — leveraging digital technologies, and leveraging digital processes and practices in a new way," says Maj. Gen. Kim Crider, Space Force acting chief technology innovation officer.

NGAD Likely To Carry AI Copilot; Next Step Certifying Them Flight Ready: Roper The Air Force's new AI copilot could next be flown by a Skyborg drone, says AF acquisition czar Will Roper.

Space Force To Focus SATCOM Management On JADC2 Needs: EXCLUSIVE "The Joint Force depends upon SATCOM communication services as part of its JADC2 and Internet of Things," says Maj. Gen. Kim Crider, Space Force acting technology innovation officer.

White House Paves Policy For Nuke-Powered Rockets & Reactors On Moon Administration officials were quick to stress that US pursuit of space-based nuclear power sources has absolutely nothing to do with building nuclear weapons in space.

Space Force Wraps Up Acquisition Command Design; Who's In Charge? Space Systems Command will allow "competition between disruptors and prototypers and more traditional acquisition organizations" within the Space Force, says Gen. Jay Raymond.

AF Taps 'Flying Car' Firms For 'Prime' Investment; Expands Program The Space Prime effort could support game-changing "space transport and logistics" capabilities, says Col. Eric Felt, head of AFRL's Space Vehicles Directorate.

Air Force Woos Congress On Space Acquisition Reform "Given where we are at this point in the administration, it's unlikely that we would see a nominee" for an independent Space Force acquisition head, said Shawn Barnes, Air Force deputy assistant secretary for space acquisition.

White House Unveils New Space Policy, But Does It Matter? "I just think it's a little too late for trying to have a stamp on something. It is just trying to say that they did something," said veteran space policy wonk Erin Neal.

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