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DoD Nears Hiring Outside Firm To Study Possible Space Department

By Marc Selinger

Monday, March 12th, 2018

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The Pentagon is close to picking an outside firm to write a roadmap for the possible creation of a military space department, a key lawmaker said Feb. 28.The fiscal year 2018 defense authorization act, which Congress passed late in 2017, calls for the deputy defense secretary to hire a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) to craft the roadmap in case Congress ultimately decides to form a space department. The FFRDC will determine “how we do set up a separate space service, what’s it going…

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