- The Pentagon has released a 15-page report outlining a framework for the establishment of the U.S. Space Force, which would become the sixth military branch.
- Efforts include an "acceleration" of space technology, the creation of a space-development agency, and a pool of "space experts" and "space warfighting professionals."
- The division would be responsible for protecting against hypersonic weapons, as well as attacks on communications satellites and the Pentagon's missile-warning systems.
- Previously: 'Space force' and space junk directive (Jun. 19 2018)
- Related: BA, NOC, LMT, AJRD, SPACE, BORGN