Report: Pentagon must review, better define responsibilities in the space domain

The Defense Department needs to conduct a holistic review of the various organizations conducting space-based operations — as well as their assigned missions — to ensure there are no overlapping efforts and provide more clarity on responsibilities, according to a new report set to be released next week.

The forthcoming assessment from the Mitchell Institute, “Charting a Path to Space Superiority: The Cross-Domain Imperative,” recommends a number of actions and reforms the Pentagon should conduct to ensure the department has adequate control over the space domain both in peacetime and during conflict.

The report, scheduled to be published Dec. 9, argues that the rapid establishment of the Space Force and reestablishment of U.S. Space Command in 2019 was necessary at the time — however, the effort prevented the DOD from effectively consolidating all of its space-based missions and organizations, putting the department at risk of inefficiencies and duplicated efforts today.

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