The Pentagon has formally launched a new space-focused development agency that it hopes will form a central part of President Trump's sought-after Space Force
Acting Secretary of Defense Pat Shanahan formally launched the Space Development Agency Tuesday, according to a copy of a memo obtained by CNN.The agency will fall under the new US Space Force, should Congress approve the latter's establishment.The agency's priority will be to develop a network of low earth orbit satellites to more effectively track hypersonic missiles, missiles that travel five times the speed of sound and are being developed by Russia and China.
"I think there's still concern and I have some concerns about what is the mission of this entity, why do we think it would be better than what we currently do? What exactly would be focused on?" Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson said last month at the Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando, Florida."Conceptually, there has been a public discussion of this.
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