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DoD To Finish Space Organization Review In June

By Marc Selinger

Friday, May 19th, 2017

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DoD To Finish Space Organization Review In June

A GPS III satellite sits inside a thermal vacuum chamber. Photo: Lockheed Martin.

The U.S. Department of Defense, which is conducting a congressionally mandated review of potential improvements to its space organization, plans to send a report on its findings to Capitol Hill next month, defense officials said May 19.The report will examine whether DoD has “the correct alignments of authority, responsibility and accountability” to outpace growing threats in space, said John Hill, acting deputy assistant secretary of defense for space policy, who testified before the House Armed Services Committee’s strategic forces panel.“We…

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