Pentagon Nominee: Closer Space Force-NRO Integration ‘Worth Considering’

Pentagon nominee: Closer Space Force-NRO integration ‘worth considering’

Berkowitz says one of his priorities as assistant secretary of defense for space policy would be to ‘sustain America’s position as the world’s leader in space activities’ The post Pentagon nominee: Closer Space Force-NRO integration ‘worth considering’ appeared first on SpaceNews.

Space policy ASD nominee opposes Russia and China's treaty proposal

President Trump's nominee for assistant secretary of defense for space policy opposes a new multilateral treaty relating to military use of space proposed by Russia and China, according to responses to senators' questions submitted ahead of his confirmation hearing today. Marc Berkowitz, a former assistant deputy under secretary of defense for space policy, wrote that the U.S. should not sign onto the Prevention of the Placement of Weapons in Ou…

Pentagon Nominee Open to Consolidating Space Force and NRO

Marc Berkowitz, the Trump administration’s nominee to serve as assistant secretary of defense for space policy, told lawmakers he would consider “all options” for improving the efficiency of the national security space enterprise, including combining some functions of the Space Force and the National Reconnaissance Office.  A former assistant deputy undersecretary of defense for space policy, Berkowitz has written on the topic on several occasi…

DoD Space Policy Nominee Fields Questions on Org Structure, Golden Dome, China

The nominee to lead the Pentagon’s space policy wants to streamline collaboration between the Space Force and NRO. Marc Berkowitz, who is nominated to be the assistant secretary of defense for space policy, considered different ways to structure the org chart for national security space in a book chapter published this year. One idea included having the Air Force under secretary also serve as director of the NRO, to foster a closer partnership b…