Maj. Gen. Kimberly Crider, Space Force chief technology and innovation officer (left), and Gen. John Raymond, chief of space operations, attend a Space Force software boot camp. Credit: U.S. Space Force

If fighter pilots are the rock stars of the Air Force, it could be said that software coders and app developers are the fighter jocks of the Space Force.

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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...