Officials with the Air Force and the St. Louis County Port Authority have reached agreement on the transfer of 39 acres of land to the port authority. The National Imagery Mapping Agency once used the property that the federal government declared excess in 2005. The White House views the initiative as a “profile in citizen stewardship,” say USAF officials.
The Department of the Air Force's new space acquisition chief said he will seek to expand the types of orbits used by the Space Force's future satellite constellations in the interest of improving their resilience. At the same time, he would aim to acquire smaller satellites that can be produced…