On Feb. 28, USC President Carol Folt announced a relationship with the United States Space Force, making USC the only institution on the West Coast to join the exclusive club of academic partners. In August 2021, the Space Force’s two-year-old academic collaboration program was established at the University of North Dakota. The University Partnership now includes 14 academic partners from the Space Force, including Howard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Purdue University. Folt expressed her delight at the prospect of expanding the university’s relationship with the US Armed Forces. With bipartisan backing, the National Defense Authorization Act formed the United States Space Force in December 2019. The $738 billion military budget bill resulted in the formation of the sixth branch of the United States Armed Forces, the first since the United States Air Force was established in 1947.
Source: https://www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2022/03/08/usc-to-partner-with-the-us-space-force/
