
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin last week approved the kick-off of two quick-start space-related programs by the Air Force without having to wait for congressional authorization and funding, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said on Wednesday. Kendall said more details about the two efforts will be released in the next few days and later told reporters that one program “is basically a space capability directly and the other is one that basically allows the Air Force to utilize space…