Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein has said the military branch should serve as the âlead serviceâ for the Defense Departmentâs space training and operations, Breaking Defense reported Friday.
Colin Clark writes Goldfein told audience at a Mitchell Institute breakfast event Friday in Washington that he believes the Air Force has been the âstewards of spaceâ for DoD and that the service branch oversees 90 percent of the departmentâs space operations.
He also cited the need for an âhonest discussionâ on how to address the space acquisition process in which he said is dispersed among 60 organizations.
The separation of acquisition functions through the organizations poses a âdecision-making problemâ for the Air Force, Goldfein added, according to the report.