
The White House and the Defense Department plan to formally stand up the newest unified combatant command dedicated to space by the end of this month, officials said Aug. 20. Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, the outgoing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, confirmed at the National Space Council meeting Tuesday that U.S. Space Command will be formally established Aug. 29. “When the vice president presides over the service, we will immediately assign 87 units under a single combatant command”…