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Chance Saltzman told reporters during a briefing at the Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado. \u201cWe\u2019re still discussing the same challenges we had. \u2026 We\u2019re still working the same basic collaborative issues that we\u2019ve been working.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saltzman\u2019s comments come as U.S. aid for Kiev\u2019s defense has slowed and the Defense Department is moving troops away from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2025\/04\/08\/top-general-recommends-us-maintain-current-troop-levels-in-europe\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ukraine support hub in Poland<\/a>. In early March, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency temporarily froze Ukraine\u2019s access to key satellite imagery <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2025\/03\/11\/us-agrees-to-resume-military-aid-intel-sharing-with-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\">amid a broader DOD pause on military aid to the country<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has also urged Europe to invest more domestic funding in national security and rely less on U.S. support. At the same time, U.S. officials have said they want the European Union to continue to buy weapons from American companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saltzman noted that much of the Space Force\u2019s engagement with European partners comes through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2025\/04\/07\/top-us-admiral-at-nato-removed-amid-trumps-growing-military-firings\/\" target=\"_blank\">NATO<\/a> and the service\u2019s commitment to information sharing with allied nations. Broader decisions around support for Ukraine and U.S. troop levels in Europe are outside of the Space Force\u2019s scope or responsibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the same briefing, Air Marshal Paul Godfrey, the Space Force\u2019s assistant chief of space operations for future concepts and partnerships, said the service and its partners recognize Space Force support to allied nations with nascent military space capabilities and organizations is crucial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf we just cut ties, let Europe get on with it, then they\u2019re going to have to spend significant amounts of money, potentially go down dead-ends, developing the sort of capabilities that the U.S. has put together over decades,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That message undergirds a new international partnerships strategy the Space Force expects to roll out in the coming weeks. Saltzman previewed the document Wednesday during a speech at the symposium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur international partnership strategy is built on one key concept: Coalition operations will be far more successful if we work together well before those contingency operations become necessary,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re not tightly coupled in our training, if we\u2019re not reconciling our operational concepts, if we\u2019re not integrating our capabilities, we will have a very steep learning curve when called upon in crisis or conflict.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The strategy\u2019s three main goals are to leverage individual nations\u2019 unique expertise, improve information sharing and interoperability and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/space\/2024\/08\/13\/space-force-allies-craft-global-supply-chain-strategy\/\" target=\"_blank\"> integrate across the spectrum of operations<\/a> \u2014 from force design to employment of capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saltzman said the Space Force wants to embed more allies into its planning processes and acquisition strategies, expand joint exercises and coordinate personnel exchanges that allow partners to learn from one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also emphasized that the strategy does not view partnership in space as a one-way street, but instead recognizes that all nations have something to contribute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe trick is in focusing on areas where we have a comparative advantage,\u201d he said. \u201cMaybe it\u2019s space domain awareness or hosted payloads. 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