U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Katie Britt (R-Ala.) participated in a bipartisan, all-women congressional visit to the Arctic led by Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) Credit: Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto

WASHINGTON — Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Katie Britt (R-Ala.) have introduced bipartisan legislation that would direct the Pentagon to strengthen the U.S. Space Force’s preparation for a potential conflict with China by expanding training, wargaming and simulation while requiring a new public assessment of Beijing’s commercial space sector.

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Sandra Erwin writes about military space programs, policy, technology and the industry that supports this sector. She has covered the military, the Pentagon, Congress and the defense industry for nearly two decades as editor of NDIA’s National Defense...