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Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Michael Griffin: "Our response has to be a proliferated space sensor layer, possibly based off commercial space developments."

Brian Weeden: "At this moment I don't know what a space force is, it doesn't have a lot of definition to it."

Air Mobility Commander Gen. Carlton Everhart is interested in the idea of moving supplies using space vehicles, and how that could transform military logistics.

Army Space and Missile Defense Command's Brig. Gen. Tim Lawson: “Do we want to be part of the Space Force? That is yet to be determined"

Falcon Heavy's military contract win is for AFSPC-52, a classified mission projected to launch in late Fiscal Year 2020.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis will turn to his own policy advisers for options that he could present to the president.

Orbital ATK will become Northrop Grumman's fourth business sector.

Laying a path for the military to transition from huge satellites in geostationary earth orbit to constellations of smaller platforms in LEO has been a longtime pursuit at DARPA.

DoD has deep expertise in "space situational awareness," or SSA, whereas Commerce faces a steep learning curve.

Russia reportedly is testing hypersonic ballistic glider weapons that currently would be undetectable after the initial boost phase of their flight.

The House Armed Services Committee swiftly approved the recommendations of the Strategic Forces Subcommittee on military space reforms.

With so much data being gathered by remote sensing satellites, the "real future" is to move the computing to space.

Three sites provide nearly complete coverage of the Earth's geosynchronous orbital belt and deliver nearly 80 percent of all geosynchronous observations.

The satellite communications industry was shocked to see a $600 million addition for WGS-11 and WGS-12.

Rep. Mike Rogers: "I am so excited to have the support of President Trump as we work towards this goal" of creating a space force.

This is the fourth competition under the current Phase 1A EELV procurement where there has been more than one competitor for national security space missions.

DARPA Director Steven Walker: "Space is going to be one of my priorities."

New report by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence: China and Russia "would justify attacks against U.S. and allied satellites."

The Air Force's space budget is up by 8 percent, even though the service is cutting procurement of space systems by more than a billion dollars.

The inaugural launch on Tuesday of the world's most powerful rocket sets the stage for SpaceX's Falcon Heavy to begin the qualification process to compete for lucrative U.S. government contracts.