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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.
Auditors reviewed the Air Force Space Command’s supply chain risk management program for the Space Based Infrared System, the Air Force satellite control network, the family of advanced beyond line-of-sight terminals, and the global positioning system.
The Air Force Space Command will improve its supply chain risk management for the Space Based Infrared System and analyze all critical components.
The audit revealed that an adversary has the opportunity to infiltrate the Air Force Space Command supply chain and potentially compromise military hardware, software, and firmware.
The 2018-07-30 draft of the DoD report included immediate actions to stand up a unified Space Command, establish a Space Operations Force, and create a Space Development Agency to oversee technology efforts.
Observers have raised the possibility that the Department of Defense could recommend a unified Space Command instead of creating a separate military service.
The National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2019 directs the Air Force to make Air Force Space Command a sub-unified command under U.S. Strategic Command.
If created, a Space Force could comprise 35,000 to 40,000 personnel from Air Force Space Command, the Army's space cadre, and the intelligence community.
In last year’s National Defense Authorization Act, Congress ordered the Defense Information Systems Agency to transfer responsibility for buying commercial satcom services to Air Force Space Command, with the transfer to be completed by December.
The U.S. Air Force awarded SpaceX a $130,000,000 contract to launch the Air Force Space Command AFSPC-52 satellite.
Congress transferred responsibility for buying commercial satellite communications from the Defense Information Systems Agency to Air Force Space Command in last year’s defense policy bill.
The 2018-10-01 NDAA language creating U.S. Space Command within U.S. Strategic Command follows the same model as U.S. Cyber Command.
The House version of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 directs the Department of Defense to form a U.S. Space Command as a subunit of U.S. Strategic Command.
The Air Force’s original plan did not include a three-star Space Command official in the Pentagon.
The Air Force decided that Space Command chief Gen. John Raymond should have a deputy based in the Pentagon to reduce his travel time to D.C. and allow him to focus more on operations in Colorado Springs.
Lt. Gen. David 'DT' Thompson made his first public appearance as the new vice commander of Air Force Space Command at a lunch meeting of the Washington Space Business Roundtable.
Lt. Gen. David 'DT' Thompson was formerly the deputy commander of Space Command and served as Gen. John Raymond’s special assistant before his appointment.
A sub-unified command would serve as an initial step toward reestablishing a unified U.S. Space Command similar to the command that existed between 1985 and 2002.
The HASC bill includes a provision to establish a subordinate unified Space Command under U.S. Strategic Command.