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DATE: March 26, 2025 from 10:00 am to 11:00 am EDT

Watch or listen to the exclusive conversation with Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman on his top priorities, ongoing efforts to develop combat-ready Guardians, and achieving space superiority. The focus of discussion was on the imperative to transform the Space Force and achieve space superiority. He highlighted the fundamental disconnect between growing demands on the Space Force and the shrinking budget it has received over the past three years. While talking about the increasing pace of China, he also described the “dogfighting” in space that Chinese satellites are now demonstrating. General Saltzman also addressed Golden Dome, Space Futures Command, and increasing partnerships with commercial space companies and international partners.

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Speakers

Gen B. Chance SaltzmanChief of Space Operations, United States Space Force.

Lt Gen David A. Deptula USAF (Ret.)Dean, The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies

Media Coverage

• New ‘Space Warfighting Framework’ coming to codify Space Force concepts, terms
  Breaking Defense
• Space Force reworking requirements-writing process to harness industry innovation
  Inside defense
• Saltzman Wants ‘Fundamental Shift’ in Space Force Budget
  Air & Space Forces Magazine
• Space Ops: The U.S. Space Force’s View On Dynamic Space Operations
  Aviation Week
• Space Force budget squeeze: Saltzman worries about keeping pace with China amid cuts
  Space News
• ‘We’re Just Treading Water’: Space Force Seeks Money, Personnel to Do Its Job
  Flying Magazine
• US space superiority crucial in fight with China, Russia
  Straight Arrow News
• Space Force Awards First Commercial Reserve Contracts
  Air & Space Forces Magazine