
The Defense Department and federal intelligence agencies are standing up a space operations center that will be functional in six months, the deputy defense secretary said today.“We're going to develop the tactics, techniques, procedures [and] rules of the road” to defend the country’s space architecture, said Robert Work, who called the center “the thing we need most” in the realm of space. “That is our highest priority, and that is where we think we'll have the highest payoff.”Additionally, Air Force…