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The Department of Defense plans to build the Space Force mostly with existing resources by transferring personnel from the Air Force, Navy, and Army.
Christopher Scolese served in the U.S. Navy, worked as a Department of Defense civilian, and has spent most of his government career at NASA.
Congress directed the Department of Defense in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 to identify the most promising technologies and estimate a schedule, cost, and personnel requirements for a space-based defensive layer.