Space Force needs S&T funding to compete with China’s space efforts

Pentagon urges faster militarisation of space, citing China’s advances

In separate hearings, generals say Washington should regard space less as a strategic resource and more as a potential battlefield.

Space Force needs S&T funding to compete with China’s space efforts

The Space Force will need to secure more funding for early-stage developments that have the potential to fail if the U.S. hopes to remain competitive with China in future space capabilities, the service's top officer said today. The U.S. has to “fight the urge to stay in the present” when coming to funding decisions, Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman told the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission today and instead look …

USCC Holds Hearing on China’s Ambitions in Space

The U.S.–China Economic and Security Review Commission holds a hearing titled “The Rocket’s Red Glare: China’s Ambitions to Dominate Space” at 9:30 a.m. ET on April 3, focusing on strategic competition in space and the expansion of China’s military and commercial space activities. ...

As China Space Threat Grows, U.S. Space Force Budget Slows

A congressionally chartered commission that monitors U.S.-China economic and security affairs heard from the head of the U.S. Space Force and a panel of experts today that China is the major space competitor to the United States. Russia’s military space program remains formidable, but civil and commercial activities have withered. The United States continues to be the global leader across all space sectors, but keeping that edge will be a challe…