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New Center to Tackle Military Space Technology, Policy and Strategy

Frank Wolfe

Monday, April 26th, 2021

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New Center to Tackle Military Space Technology, Policy and Strategy

Former U.S. Air Force Undersecretary Matt Donovan is the director of the new Mitchell Institute Space Power Advantage Research Center (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The new Mitchell Institute Space Power Advantage Research Center (MISPARC) aims to become the leading organization for the advancement of military space technology, policy and strategy. "One of the first things MISPARC is going to do is put together a policy position platform," Matt Donovan, the center's director and a former undersecretary of the U.S. Air Force, said in a Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies' virtual forum on Apr. 26. "There are some interesting things to discuss and hammer out,…

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