The U.S. Space Force (USSF) is the space service branch of the U.S. Department of Defense, established in December 2019. Its primary role is to organize, train, and equip space forces to protect U.S. and allied interests in space by ensuring space superiority. The USSF manages space launch operations, satellite operations, space environment surveillance, and satellite defense, and partners with organizations like NASA on space domain awareness and planetary defense. Key areas of focus include missile warning, satellite communications, and positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) services.
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Of the $72,400,000 Space Force funds, $53,800,000 is for studies, contractor support, and analysis toward implementation of the Space Force.
The Pentagon requested $72,000,000 for expenses related to establishing a Space Force.
The House Appropriations Committee approved $15,000,000 for expenses to study and refine plans for the potential establishment of a Space Force as a branch of the armed forces.
Acting Secretary of the Air Force Matt Donovan called for Congress to modify Title 10 and provide funding and manpower to empower the United States Space Force to organize, train, and equip ready forces on an equal basis with the other five services.
The Senate version of the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act creates a Space Force within the Department of the Air Force.
Acting Air Force Secretary Matt Donovan took office on 2019-06-01 and has been vocal in support of establishing a Space Force.
Acting Air Force Secretary Matt Donovan and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein are committed to establishing a Space Force.
Congress will decide whether to establish an independent Space Force under the U.S. Air Force as part of the Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act.
The Trump administration is working to ensure the 2019-10-01 NDAA gives the Pentagon legal authority to stand up a new Space Force.
A Sept. 2018 Air Force public affairs memo titled 'Space Force Messaging' directed that the Air Force's proposal for a sixth branch should only be communicated by Air Force civilian leadership and was not a discussion point for general officers.
Mark Esper requested that the Senate Armed Services Committee provide the technical legislative authority to establish the Space Force as the sixth branch of the Armed Forces within the Department of the Air Force and requested the necessary resources to ensure its success.
In July testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee during his confirmation hearing, Mark Esper affirmed that creating a space service is timely and compared the need for a separate space force to the 1947 creation of an independent air service.
The Heritage Foundation issued a report that agrees with DoD and criticizes the space force proposals in the 2020 NDAA.
The intelligence community opposes merging the NRO with the Space Force while supporting the provision of operational and tactical support to U.S. Space Command.
A 2019-03-12 memo signed by acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan placed the Space Development Agency under Mike Griffin’s organization with a long-term goal to move it under the Space Force.
The Senate version of the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act does not allow the Department of Defense to create a service immediately and lays out a one-year transition plan during which Air Force Space Command would be rebranded as the U.S. Space Force.
Clinton Crozier’s blueprint would create a Space Force headquarters with a staff of 200 consisting of 160 billets and 40 personnel detailed from other organizations.
The Trump administration supports establishing the United States Space Force as the sixth branch of the armed forces.
The administration proposed creating a Space Force headquarters in the Pentagon led by a four-star chief of staff, a four-star vice chief of staff, and an undersecretary of the Air Force for space.
Patrick Shanahan personally oversaw the writing of the legislative proposal to establish a Space Force under the Air Force.