{"id":35009,"date":"2017-12-02T19:33:50","date_gmt":"2017-12-02T19:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2017\/12\/02\/key-lawmaker-vows-to-continue-space-corps-fight\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:12:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:12:16","slug":"key-lawmaker-vows-to-continue-space-corps-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/intel-geoint\/isr\/2017\/12\/02\/key-lawmaker-vows-to-continue-space-corps-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Key lawmaker vows to continue Space Corps fight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SIMI VALLEY, Calif. \u2014 A discussion among some of the top minds in military space proved what many defense analysts have suspected: The battle of whether to create an independent Space Corps is likely to continue in future years despite lawmakers stripping its formation from the 2018 defense authorization bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During a Dec. 2 panel at the Reagan National Defense Forum, Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., one of the architects and chief proponents of the Space Corps language, vowed that he would not give up the fight to establish the corps, even if it takes several years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat I was and am hopeful about with this Space Corps is with its implementation \u2014 and it will be implemented in the next couple years, the next three to four to five years \u2014 we will hopefully have this pilot program that we can take \u2026 and create an agile nonbureaucratic acquisition system and prove it works, so that we can then replicate it with the other services,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/reagan-defense-forum\/\" title=\"\" class=\"selected-link\" data-original-title=\"\">Click here for more news from Reagan National Defense Forum.<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The FY18 NDAA, which is currently awaiting President Donald Trump\u2019s signature, forbids the establishment of a Space Corps, but requires the Pentagon to commission an independent organization to develop a path forward for creating a \u201cseparate military department for space.\u201d That, experts have said, will likely generate the analysis necessary to pave the way for the future creation of the corps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rogers and his allies in Congress argue that the Defense Department needs a separate force focused on space dominance, that would have a more rapid acquisition process and its own funding stream.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/space\/2017\/11\/21\/space-for-a-space-corps-congress-lays-groundwork-for-controversial-plan\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635857041717293410-5thstoryjpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Space for a Space Corps? Congress lays groundwork for controversial plan<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The U.S. Congress is not creating a new military service devoted to space. But lawmakers who favored a Space Corps won a victory in the National Defense Authorization Act&#039;s aggressive overhaul of the Air Force\u2019s organization for space.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the concept has been widely criticized by Air Force leaders, including two of the panelists sitting aside Rogers, Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson and U.S. Strategic Command head Gen. John Hyten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both Hyten and Wilson reiterated their opposition of a Space Corps, though they acknowledged systemic problems that include a slow acquisition process and stagnation in space-based weapons technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m worried about the future because, I don\u2019t know how it happened, but somehow this country just lost the ability to go fast. And we have adversaries that go fast,\u201d Hyten said. \u201cWe take four years to study a program before we do anything. We do four years of risk reduction for technologies we built 50 years ago. Why do we take that much time?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wilson used similarly strong language to describe the U.S. Air Force\u2019s space acquisition challenges, saying that with its space enterprise, \u201cthe U.S. built a glass house in a time before the invention of stones.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But a Space Corps that would separate space procurement, training and operations from the rest of the joint force would not be helpful, she added. Instead, the military needs infrastructure that would increase its situational awareness in space, improved command and control, and new kinetic and nonkinetic weapons, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wilson pointed to some near-term strides, including the formation of the National Space Council and the new space consortium that would quickly prototype innovative tech, which will be led by Advanced Technology Institute under a contract worth up to $100 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/space\/2016\/10\/18\/air-force-launches-space-consortium-that-puts-startups-to-work-on-prototypes\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/deborah-lee-james.jpg_a18308.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Air Force Launches Space Consortium That Puts Startups to Work On Prototypes<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Air Force issued a request for information on Oct. 17 to companies interested in leading a new space prototyping consortium.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hyten added that the elevation of the head of Air Force Space Command to the newly-created position of Joint Force Component Commander for Space, which occurred yesterday, was also an critical improvement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs much as I love space, it\u2019s not my top priority at Strategic Command. My top priority is the nuclear enterprise, and it will always be \u2014 should always be \u2014 the commander of STRATCOM\u2019s number one priority. Which means I need a four-star general, the smartest guy that I can find, and put him in charge [of space],\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=d9c20c7a-701c-4646-ae1f-fcb78579ad16\" poster=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-poster-d9c20c7a-701c-4646-ae1f-fcb78579ad16.jpg\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gen. 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