Saltzman highlights new Space Force mission statement and building a purpose-built service for great power competition
Published Sept. 12, 2023
By Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs
Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. –
Chief of Space Operations, Gen. Chance Saltzman, offered a portrait of space on Sept. 12 that is increasingly crowded and dangerous, requiring new thinking, innovation and unity of action to ensure America’s security and stability in the space domain.
“The domain is now more contested than at any other point in history. This was the genesis of the Space Force—a military service focused on addressing the challenges and opportunities we face in the space domain. We were created for this new space era—an era increasingly characterized by great power competition,” Saltzman told a large audience of Guardians, Airmen, industry and government officials during his keynote address at the Air & Space Forces Association’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference.
https://www.spaceforce.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/3523076/saltzman-highlights-new-space-force-mission-statement-and-building-a-purpose-bu/
DOD Exercises Option on Second Micro Nuclear Reactor Design
Sept. 13, 2023 |
As part of the Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) initiative Project Pele, the Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded a contract option to X-energy, LLC of Rockville, Maryland in order to develop an enhanced engineering design for a transportable micro nuclear reactor.
In 2022, SCO selected BWX Technologies, Inc. of Lynchburg, Virginia to build a prototype micro reactor. This work is underway and long lead hardware fabrication has begun. By executing this contract option with X-energy, SCO seeks to develop a complementary micro reactor design that builds upon X-energy's developments completed under Project Pele in 2022. This option continues funding for X-energy to develop its design to meet the technical requirements of Project Pele, targeting a reactor design which is ready for licensing by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for both commercial ventures and military resiliency.
https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3524458/dod-exercises-option-on-second-micro-nuclear-reactor-design/