Weekly Briefing: Military Space

The latest military space news and analysis from Breaking Defense.

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Military Space Report

Fix Space Force Acquisition Now! This is the first time in nearly 70 years where the Defense Department can craft a wholly new service with new pathways to buy and field equipment. At its core this means building a culture of risk acceptance and tolerance — not avoidance.

Space Force To Boost Threat Tracking "I want to be able to identify what [the threat] is, I want to be able to attribute it to whomever is the adversary that's taken that shot, as an example, and then, I've got to be able to share that information," says Maj. Gen. Leah Lauderback, who heads the ISR Directorate.

Theater Commands OK SDA's Sat Plans: EXCLUSIVE Military operators will be able (at least virtually) to ill be able to (at least virtually) "sit side-by-side, elbow-to-elbow with the SDA test team" as the various satellite "layers" are put through their paces.

Counterspace 2020: All (Pretty) Quiet On The ASAT Front "From the evidence we have available, it sure looks like Russia is a bigger counterspace threat than China, which is contrary to a lot of the public discussion that focuses almost entirely on China," said SWF's Brian Weeden.

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