Space Development Agency Transitioning to U.S. Space Force

August 27, 2021

U.S. Department of Defense:


The Space Development Agency has already started the process of transitioning from the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering to the U.S. Space Force, said the agency’s director.

Derek M. Tournear spoke yesterday at the U.S. Space Foundation’s 36th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

The SDA, established in March 2019, will fully transition to the Space Force in October 2022, he said. “That transition has already started.”

Since 2019, the agency has been busy helping to get military satellites launched and in various orbits…


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