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Space Force Awards NSTXL Space Consortium Contract The Space & Missile Systems Center has reaffirmed its choice of NSTXL to manage the public-private Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC), rejecting allegations by The Washington Post.

Missile Defense Costs To Soar $5B A Year: CBO CBO estimates that developing F-35-launched boost-phase interceptors to defend against North Korean ballistic missiles would cost $25 billion to $40 billion to develop, with an additional $10 billion to $20 billion a year to operate.

Roper Hints NGAD Could Replace F-35; Why? Life-Cycle Costs The NGAD program "represents a chance to design an airplane that is more sustainable than the F-35, if in fact the F-35 cannot get its cost-per-flying-hour down," said outgoing AF acquisition head Will Roper.

Colorado Politicians Vow To Fight Huntsville Choice For SPACECOM Several experts said the decision shouldn't be that big of a surprise, given that Huntsville had been poised to win the first contest — in part due to its much lower cost of living, as well as plenty of available office and housing space.

Space Force Reaches Out To New Partners– Eye On China "Other areas we're looking for opportunities are also out in the Western Pacific and Indian Ocean, to develop new and different partnerships in space that we may not have enjoyed in other domains in the past," Gen. DT Thompson, vice chief of the Space Force, says.

New IC Commercial Space Council Hopes To Speed Intel To Users NRO, NGA, CIA, DIA and NSA are the "standing members" of the new council, says its chairman David Gauthier of NGA.

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