Despite problems with one of its privatized housing contractors, the Air Force is continuing the effort around the force. Vandenberg Air Force Base in California selected GMH Housing to develop, manage, and construct an estimated 867 housing units. At Vandenberg last week, the developer, which has 40 other privatization projects around the country, kicked off the effort with a town hall meeting.
The White House announced its United States Space Priorities Framework in a document released concurrently with Vice President Kamala Harris' first National Space Council meeting. Listed among five U.S. priorities is to “defend its national security interests from the growing scope and scale of space and counterspace threats.”