The Air Force has selected Maj. Gen. Steven L. Kwast to serve as director for the next Air Force Quadrennial Defense Review, according to a Nov. 9 Pentagon release. Kwast currently serves as director of requirements at Air Combat Command, headquartered at JB Langley-Eustis, Va.
NASA, SpaceX, and United Launch Alliance are all preparing to launch their next-gen rockets from Florida’s Space Coast, two of them before the year is out. One is expected to liberate the U.S. launch enterprise from its reliance on Russian-made RD-180 engines, while all three rockets could eventually carry astronaut crews.