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U.S. Space Force Request Reflects Effort to Provide Resilience for Space Systems

Frank Wolfe

Monday, March 13th, 2023

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U.S. Space Force Request Reflects Effort to Provide Resilience for Space Systems

Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman delivers a keynote speech “Guardians in the Fight” during the Air and Space Forces Association 2023 Warfare Symposium in Aurora, Colo. on March 7 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The Department of the Air Force fiscal 2024 budget requests funding for kinetic, "hard kill" and disabling "soft kill" of adversary threats in space, but, in keeping with U.S. commitments, any use of such means would not lead to increased space debris, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said. While such programs are behind the black door, the U.S. Space Force plans to move out on a number of research and development (R&D)/acquisition fronts in fiscal 2024 to get after Kendall's…

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