Matthew Donovan, acting secretary of the U.S. Air Force, told SpaceNews in an interview published Sunday that he will continue to push for the creation of a separate space service in Congress.
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Matthew Donovan, acting secretary of the U.S. Air Force, said during an interview during the Paris Air Show that he has “always supported the necessity of an independent Space Force,” Defense News reported
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The House Armed Services Committee voted to create a “Space Corps” to serve as a new military branch under the Department of the Air Force, Defense News reported Thursday. Space Corps will have
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Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., who chairs the House Armed Services Committee, said during a meeting that HASC has agreed to vote for the authorization of a Space-focused service branch that won't necessarily
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The House Armed Services Committee has asked the Defense Department to provide more data on how it would establish and fund the new “space force,” SpaceNews reported Friday. HASC Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-Texas)
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The Defense Department is looking into the creation of a new military service that will focus on space operations, Washington Examiner reported Thursday. Kenneth Rapuano, assistant defense secretary for homeland defense and global
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The House voted 356-70 Tuesday to pass a conferenced version of a defense spending bill that would allocate $626.4 billion in base budget and $65.7 billion in overseas contingency operations funds for fiscal
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A joint House-Senate conference committee has unveiled a compromise bill to authorize $692 billion in fiscal 2018 Defense Department spending, with $626 billion for base requirements and $66 billion for the overseas contingency
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Defense Secretary James Mattis has asked Congress to remove a language in the proposed fiscal 2018 National Defense Authorization Act that would pressure the U.S. to notify foreign governments of cyber attacks
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House and Senate conference members will begin to reconcile two versions of the fiscal 2018 National Defense Authorization Act after the upper chamber voted Tuesday to start formal negotiations on the bill, the
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