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Commerce Department Gearing Up For New Role In Space Situational Awareness

By Marc Selinger

Friday, June 22nd, 2018

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Commerce Department Gearing Up For New Role In Space Situational Awareness

U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross (Photo courtesy of Commerce Department)

The U.S. Commerce Department, which the Trump administration recently tapped to replace the Department of Defense in providing space object tracking information to industry, expects to finish taking over its new role in about a year, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said June 22.Commerce plans to send “initial delegations” to Vandenberg Air Force Base in California and U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) in Omaha, Neb., “within the next couple of weeks” to learn more about what the transition will entail, Ross testified…

Navy Looks To Eventually Assemble Battleship At HII Newport News; Faces More Dem Opposition

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Army

Senate Defense Appropriators See ‘Risk’ With Army’s Reconciliation Plan To Fund Munitions Increase

The Senate’s top defense appropriators cited concern this week with the Army’s request to fund the majority of its large increase to munitions procurement in fiscal year 2027 through the […]

Army

Army Relooking At Its ‘Whole Aviation Transformation’ Plan, Acting Chief Tells Lawmakers

The Army is relooking at its “whole aviation transformation initiative,” the service’s acting chief of staff told lawmakers on Tuesday, to include its approach for future procurement of “enduring” platforms. […]