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Space Force warns of steep civilian workforce losses and says commercial partnerships are essential to resilience
Summary
Space Force officials told the House subcommittee they have lost roughly 13.7% of their civilian workforce to recent personnel actions and that commercial partnerships and hybrid architectures are central to deterring and responding to threats in space.
WASHINGTON — The United States Space Force told House members that recent civilian personnel reductions and a hiring freeze have cut its civilian workforce by about 13.7%, and that the service must deepen commercial partnerships to maintain resilience.
General Gutlein told the subcommittee the Space Force employs 5,674 civilians and that 671 people accepted deferred…
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