International Affairs
Biweekly Washington D.C. Updates for the Week Ending on June 13, 2025
United States Space Policy Updates Representative Jeff Crank (R-CO) announced the creation of the House Golden Dome Caucus in partnership with Representative Dale Strong (R-AL) to promote support for space-based missile defenses. (Breaking Defense, June 10) The House Appropriations Committee released its draft Defense Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2026, which boosts U.S. Space Force (USSF)…
Biweekly Washington D.C. Updates for the Week Ending on May 16, 2025
United States Space Policy Updates The U.S. House Committee on Science Space and Technology (HSST) Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee held a hearing entitled “From Detection to Deflection: Evaluating NASA’s Planetary Defense Strategy.” (HSST, May 15) The U.S. Senate confirmed Troy Meink as the 27th Secretary of the Air Force. (USAF, May 13) The U.S. Senate formed a…
Biweekly Washington D.C. Updates for the Week Ending on May 2, 2025
United States Space Policy Updates The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (SCST) held a nomination hearing for Paul Dabbar, President Trump’s nominee to be U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce (SCST, May 1) The Senate Armed Service Committee (SASC) held a nomination hearing for Matthew Lohmeier to be Undersecretary of Air Force (SASC, May 1)…
Biweekly Washington D.C. Updates for the Week Ending on April 4, 2025
United States Space Policy Updates The U.S. House Committee on Science Space and Technology (HSST) Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee held a hearing entitled “Leveraging Commercial Innovation for Lunar Exploration: A Review of NASA’s CLPS Initiative” on Tuesday, April 1, 2025. Read Space Foundation’s summary of the hearing here. (HSST, April 1) United States Space Force (USSF) Chief of…
Biweekly Washington D.C. Updates for the Week Ending on March 21, 2025
United States Space Policy Updates As part of the full-year continuing resolution spending bill passed by congress, the United States Space Force (USSF) has an allocated $28.7 billion budget for fiscal year 2025, less than its $29.5 billion budget request. (SpaceNews, March 20) The USSF released its ‘Data and Artificial Intelligence FY 2025 Strategic Action Plan,’ focused on developing ‘a…
Biweekly Washington D.C. Updates for the Week Ending on March 7, 2025
United States Space Policy Updates Sarah Brothers has been reinstated as the head of NOAA’s Commercial Remote Sensing Regulatory Affairs (CRSRA) division within the Office of Space Commerce (OSC). (Breaking Defense, March 5) In his first address to a joint session of Congress of his second term, President Donald Trump has reaffirmed support for sending humans…
Biweekly Washington D.C. Updates for the Week Ending on February 21, 2025
United States Space Policy Updates The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee held a hearing to examine spectrum auction delays. (Congress.gov, February 19) The House Science Space and Technology Committee (HSST) Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee has announced a hearing set for February 26, entitled ‘Step by Step: The Artemis Program and NASA’s Path to Human…
Biweekly Washington D.C. Updates for the Week Ending on February 7, 2025
This Week in Washington The House Science Space and Technology Committee announced the subcommittee chairs and ranking members for the 119th Congress. The House Science Space and Technology Committee held a full committee hearing entitled ‘The State of U.S. Science and Technology: Ensuring U.S. Global Leadership.’ The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs Science…
Biweekly Washington D.C. Updates for the Week Ending on January 24, 2025
This Week in Washington Janet Petro has been appointed to serve as Acting NASA Administrator Troy Meink has been appointed to serve as Secretary of the Air Force. Finland has become the 53rd Artemis Accords signatory. United States Space Policy Updates The Senate Commerce Committee (SCC) voted unanimously to advance Sean Duffy, President Trump’s nominee for Secretary of…
Biweekly Washington D.C. Updates for the Week Ending on January 10, 2025
This Week in Washington Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R-TN) was named Chair of the HASC Strategic Forces Subcommittee. The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee announced new and returning members for the 119th Congress. Dr. V. Narayanan has been appointed as the Secretary of the Indian Department of Space and the Chairman of the Indian Space…