NewSpace Sadler Report

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The NewSpace Sadler Report is your essential guide to navigating the complexities and opportunities within the commercial space frontier. Each week, our expert team member Scott Sadler curates and analyzes critical developments across the industry, ensuring you receive unbiased, actionable intelligence directly to your inbox.

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Featured Report Summary

Senate keeps voting on noms; Vigliotti on NATO “Front Door”: “We would look to help them build it”; DoD has until 8/22 to provide plan to HASC/SASC on reconciliation

The upcoming 2025 Air and Space Summit, hosted by the Potomac Officers Club, has canceled press participation. This news comes as the fiscal year approaches its end, with Senate Majority Leader John Thune indicating a commitment to keeping the government funded and exploring all options to achieve this. He intends to prioritize appropriations bills in the coming weeks to prepare for substantive year-end funding discussions.

Meanwhile, Senate Republicans are considering significant rule changes to expedite presidential nominee confirmations. Discussions at a closed-door meeting revealed a unified desire to address Democratic delay tactics, with proposals including shifting lower-level nominees to presidential appointments, eliminating cloture motions for certain nominees, and allowing en bloc voting for some nominations. While recess appointments for President Trump were also discussed, they lacked broad support. This push for reform comes despite Republicans having previously delayed many of former President Biden’s nominees, although not to the current extent.

In a contrasting stance, Senator Elizabeth Warren is set to deliver a floor speech opposing bipartisan appropriations negotiations, citing distrust in Republicans to uphold funding agreements, especially after a recent rescissions package and OMB Director Russ Vought’s rhetoric advocating for a less bipartisan appropriations process. This reflects a broader unease within the Democratic Caucus regarding future FY2026 talks. In space-related news, the Space Force’s “Front Door” program, aimed at fostering industry collaboration, is being eyed by NATO as a model. Space Systems Command Director Victor Vigliotti emphasized the challenge of ensuring widespread adoption and data sharing across government and allied organizations for this initiative. The Space Force also recently awarded five businesses up to $4 billion for Protected Tactical Satellite Communications. Furthermore, the interim head of NASA, Sean Duffy, plans to meet with his Russian counterpart to find common ground on space issues, emphasizing continued international alliances in space exploration.

On the congressional front, the Senate Appropriations Committee is set to mark up its version of the defense appropriations bill. Separately, Senators Roger Wicker and Mike Rogers have provided the Pentagon with guidance on how they want $150 billion in defense funding from a reconciliation bill to be spent, with specific details on programs benefiting from the added money, including those related to the “Golden Dome” initiative. Finally, a new requirement by the Secretary of Defense mandates that four-star general nominees meet with the President before finalization, a departure from past practice that some Pentagon officials believe has slowed the promotion process. Lt. Gen. Shawn Bratton’s nomination as the third Vice Chief of Space Operations is currently awaiting Senate confirmation.

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Insights from the Capital: Meet Scott Sadler

Scott Sadler is an accomplished communicator and leader with extensive experience in domestic, intelligence, and international affairs. He possesses deep expertise in crisis communications and has held senior roles across the Federal government, Capitol Hill, and two military theaters of operation.

A native of Mathews, Virginia, Mr. Sadler is a graduate of Christopher Newport University. He recently served as a key advisor to senior United States Air Force leaders, guiding communications during the successful establishment of the U.S. Space Force—the first new branch of the Armed Services since 1947. In 2022, he provided communications and messaging counsel to the President’s nominee for Chief of Space Operations during the U.S. Senate confirmation process. Additionally, he consulted directly with former House Armed Services Committee member Rep. Jim Cooper of Tennessee on a forthcoming book about the Space Force’s formation.

In 2012, Mr. Sadler deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan, where he served as senior communications and policy advisor to General John Allen, commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF HQ), and Brigadier General Stephen Twitty. His tour included providing critical crisis communications support during significant events such as the February 2012 Koran mishandling incident, the March 2012 alleged mass murder in Kandahar Province, and the April 2012 attack on Kabul, working closely with ISAF Afghan Ministers of Religious Affairs, Border and Tribal Affairs, Deputy Minister for Youth Affairs, and Public Affairs. During the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021, Mr. Sadler personally facilitated the safe passage of his Afghan partner and their family, along with four unaccompanied children, from Kabul to the United States. Following a seven-week stay at Fort Bliss Army Base, he and his family resettled in Dallas, Texas.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Sadler served as deputy press secretary to the late U.S. Senator John W. Warner (R-VA), who was the former chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.