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U.S. Space Command

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All verified mentions of this organization in source documents.

U.S. Space Command will take over space responsibilities that were absorbed by U.S. Strategic Command in 2002 after the original U.S. Space Command established in 1985 was disestablished.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space CommandNarrative GeneralOct 22, 2018Space Force policy memo being drafted to establish new military branch

Shanahan is considering two approaches for organizing space efforts: Griffin's proposal for a new agency or Secretary Wilson's alignment with rapid procurement organizations and U.S. Space Command.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space CommandNarrative GeneralOct 10, 2018Deputy Defense Secretary Shanahan hints at future shifts in space investments

Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson wrote a proposal to organize a Space Force and a U.S. Space Command with a price tag of $13,000,000,000 over five years.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space CommandNarrative FinancialOct 4, 2018Senate Armed Services Committee still not sold on a separate military service for space

Todd Harrison, defense budget analyst and senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, concluded that Wilson’s proposal inflated costs by adding thousands of extra personnel and by budgeting $1,000,000,000 for a questionable Space Command facility.

Mentioned as: space commandNarrative FinancialOct 4, 2018Senate Armed Services Committee still not sold on a separate military service for space

Kaitlyn Johnson argued that standing up U.S. Space Command would address many agreed-upon issues such as the need to strengthen space warfighting skills and that establishing a Department of the Space Force by 2020 would be rushing into an end solution without proper consideration.

Mentioned as: space commandNarrative GeneralOct 4, 2018Senate Armed Services Committee still not sold on a separate military service for space

The 2019 unified command plan update can incorporate future changes if the secretary of defense chooses to pursue unique responsibilities for the commander of U.S. Space Command.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space CommandNarrative GeneralSep 26, 2018Pentagon to start drilling into the details of establishing a U.S. Space Command

Heather Wilson’s budget projection includes $1,000,000,000 for a construction project for U.S. Space Command.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space CommandNarrative FinancialSep 20, 2018Budget analysts challenge Air Force cost estimates for creating a space force

Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson projected $13,000,000,000 to stand up a new military service for space including establishing a Department of the Space Force, a U.S. Space Command, a Space Development Agency and sustaining them over five years.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space CommandOrg RelationshipSep 20, 2018Budget analysts challenge Air Force cost estimates for creating a space force

Air Force Space Command seeks to collaborate more closely with emerging commercial space players.

Mentioned as: Air Force Space CommandOrg RelationshipSep 19, 2018Air Force Space Commander: ‘Our constellations are like slow kids in gym class that can’t run very fast’

Air Force Space Command is at a strategic inflection point due to enemy attempts to challenge U.S. access to space.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space CommandNarrative GeneralSep 19, 2018Air Force Space Commander: ‘Our constellations are like slow kids in gym class that can’t run very fast’

The Air Force Association supports the establishment of U.S. Space Command as a combatant command.

Mentioned as: space commandNarrative GeneralSep 18, 2018Air Force Association opposes establishment of a Space Force, says air and space are ‘indivisible’

Gen. Jay Raymond, commander of Air Force Space Command, withdrew from a scheduled appearance with Jeff Bezos.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space CommandNarrative GeneralSep 18, 2018What are people talking about at Air Force Association’s Air Space Cyber symposium?

The Pentagon’s 2018-08-09 report proposed re-establishing a U.S. Space Command as the military’s 11th combatant command.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space CommandNarrative GeneralSep 16, 2018Space Force in for a rough ride

The Joint Staff will draft an amendment to the Unified Command Plan to establish U.S. Space Command and a subordinate unified command and will develop a detailed plan to transfer requisite authorities and capabilities.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space CommandTechnical ProductSep 13, 2018New Pentagon memo lays out action plan to establish Space Force by 2020

U.S. Space Command is to be established as a unified combatant command responsible for space, with establishment targeted by the end of calendar year 2018.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space CommandNarrative GeneralSep 13, 2018New Pentagon memo lays out action plan to establish Space Force by 2020

The Pentagon proposed creating a U.S. Space Command, a Space Operations Force, and a Space Development Agency as part of its reorganization.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space CommandOrg RelationshipSep 10, 2018Experts: A separate military service for space may be too much too soon

A panel of former defense officials recommended creating a U.S. Space Command, increasing protection for satellites from attacks, and changing how the Pentagon buys space technology.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space CommandNarrative GeneralSep 10, 2018Experts: A separate military service for space may be too much too soon

Congress directed the Department of Defense in the 2018 defense policy bill to create a "sub-unified" Space Command under U.S. Strategic Command.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space CommandNarrative GeneralAug 28, 2018Mattis: Reorganization of military space forces already in motion

The Department of Defense submitted a proposal to Congress on 2018-08-09 proposing an independent U.S. Space Command to improve and evolve space warfighting, including integrating innovative force designs, concepts of operation, doctrines, tactics, techniques, and procedures.

Mentioned as: space commandNarrative GeneralAug 28, 2018Mattis: Reorganization of military space forces already in motion

The IG found that the Air Force Space Command did not conduct a thorough analysis of all critical components and suppliers for the SBIRS program.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space CommandNarrative GeneralAug 16, 2018Defense inspector general finds key Air Force space programs vulnerable to cyber attacks, sabotage
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