Tag: Chief Of Space Operations
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Likely next Space Force chief faces few questions at Senate hearing
The next likely leader of the Space Force, Lt. Gen. Doug Schiess faced a short, nonconfrontational hearing Thursday morning in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Schiess is expected to succeed chief of space operations Gen. Chance Saltzman as the top leader of the young military branch, which maintains a large footprint in Colorado…
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Secretary Hegseth promises to unleash small defense companies during Colorado visit
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth visited Colorado space companies Monday and promised to cut bureaucracy within the Pentagon to ensure smaller defense businesses have a chance to compete for contracts. “If we are going to have space dominance and deterrence, we need to unleash every company possible,” said Hegseth, in a video filmed at True…
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Space Command’s home will be decided by Congress, Lamborn says
When former President Donald Trump awarded the permanent basing of U.S. Space Command headquarters to Alabama, where he had some of his highest approval ratings, in his final week in office, he yanked the command from front-runner Colorado Springs. In so doing, he triggered a pair of government investigations that lawmakers say could ultimately doom…