Space Force Initiates a “Campaign of Learning” to Develop its Objective Force

About this episode

The episode discusses the United States Space Force's new strategic documents aimed at shaping future military operations in space.

This past spring the United States Space Force published two highly anticipated, forward-looking documents: Future Operating Environment 2040 and Objective Force 2040. When Chief of Space Operations General B. Chance Saltzman unveiled these documents at this year’s Space Symposium, he declared the service’s intention was for them to “drive questions, not provide answers.” As such, Guardians, the Joint Force and the Space Force’s international and industry partners were encouraged to engage, d...

Topics covered

• Space Force
• Future Operating Environment
• Objective Force
• military strategy
• space operations
• international collaboration

Keywords

• Space Force
• General B. Chance Saltzman
• Future Operating Environment 2040
• Objective Force 2040
• Space Symposium
• military strategy
• space operations

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: United States Space Force

Books & works: Future Operating Environment 2040, Objective Force 2040

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