Jaime Morin, PhD, the vice president for defense systems operations at the Aerospace Corp., and Bill LaPlante, PhD, the senior vice president and general manager for MITRE’s National Security Sector, discuss how to ensure that a new Space Force is correctly established with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the 2019 West Coast Aerospace Forum. The event was organized by Aerospace Corp, MITRE, the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies and the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Our coverage was sponsored by Boeing and Leonardo DRS.