Category: Space Force

In a speech in Washington on Wednesday, Chief of Space Operations Gen. Jay Raymond openly admitted and acknowledged that the classification regime impedes parts of the Space Force’s mission, in a statement saying “If you have everything classified, that really limits your ability to deter conflict.” The US Air Force and Space Force officials have voiced support for declassification in the past, but there’s been little transparency about what the services are actually doing to address over classification.  

Source: https://www.c4isrnet.com/battlefield-tech/space/2021/03/03/space-force-chief-says-hes-working-on-a-declassification-strategy-but-offers-scant-details/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2003.04.21&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

‘There’s no such thing as a space war, it’s just war.” Chief of Space Operations Gen. John W. “Jay” Raymond said during an event hosted by the National Press Club. Stating further that depending on the strategic context that’s going on in the world or how nations might choose to conduct operations in space is just integrated into a larger strategic conflict, and there’s no one-size-fits-all answer for the type of actions taken by a satellite would be considered an act of war. The U.S. Space Force is the 6th independent U.S. military service branch, tasked with missions and operations in the rapidly evolving space domain. Since being signed into law and inaugurated, the Space Force is trying to drive that conversation to constrain bad behavior and shape a common understanding of what’s acceptable in orbit.

Source: https://www.airforcemag.com/no-one-size-fits-all-response-to-space-attacks-raymond-says/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2003.04.21&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

In a speech in Washington on Wednesday, Chief of Space Operations Gen. Jay Raymond openly admitted and acknowledged that the classification regime impedes parts of the Space Force’s mission, in a statement saying, “If you have everything classified, that really limits your ability to deter conflict.” The US Air Force and Space Force officials have voiced support for declassification in the past, but there’s been little transparency about what the services are actually doing to address over classification.

Source: https://www.c4isrnet.com/battlefield-tech/space/2021/03/03/space-force-chief-says-hes-working-on-a-declassification-strategy-but-offers-scant-details/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2003.04.21&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

An emerging cadre of cyber warriors for the military’s newest service, The Space Force, will have begun shifting over from the Air Force at the beginning of February. These cyber professional forces primary directive is to defend installations, such as ground terminals, space assets, including satellites, enact missions that will help to protect the critical domain from any possible threat. The cyber warriors will be organic personnel from the Air Force and transferred to the US Space Force and will serve to align with the Air Force’s cyber squadron initiative to build the Space Force’s version of mission defense teams.

Source: https://www.c4isrnet.com/cyber/2021/02/12/space-force-begins-adding-cyber-warriors/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2002.16.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

Plans for the U.S. Space Force’s new Space Systems Command have been finalized already and is expected to be presented publicly in early 2021. The new Space Systems Command is one of the three commands established by the new Space Force. Aside from developing, acquiring, and sustaining systems, the new Space System Command will oversee the Space Rapid Capabilities Office and the Space Development Agency.  Source: https://www.c4isrnet.com/battlefield-tech/space/2020/12/16/space-systems-command-finalized-coming-in-early-2021/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2012.17.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief