“These albatrosses [have been] dragging the department down for decades. This is the year we are going to get these programs delivered,” said Frank Calvelli, space acquisition head.
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The Department of the Air Force aims to set up a new program office dedicated solely to “resiliency,” a key pillar of America’s space strategy.
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For the newest military arm, this year saw it plant the seeds for important changes in everything from strategy to acquisition.
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Pentagon acquisition of space systems needs to be “faster and leaner,” stressed Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colo., who is expected to chair the House strategic forces subcommittee next year.
By Theresa Hitchens In addition to providing new “tenets” for Space Force officials, “I’m really messaging three things to industry — that I really want them to give me credible proposals, and I really want them to execute, and I’m not going to tolerate poor performance,” Frank Calvelli told Breaking Defense.
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“We don’t want your traditional industry brief. We want capabilities that we can get after the threat quickly,” explained Col. Joseph Roth, director of SSC’s Front Door industry engagement initiative.
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SpRCO head Kelly Hammett told Breaking Defense in an interview that the “operational integration” process involves “tens of force generation elements with POAMS [plans of action and milestones] that take years to close everything out.”
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SDA Director Derek Tournear said his shop will remain its own when it formally joins the Space Force in coming weeks, giving the service another acquisition outlet.
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When SDA joins Space Force in a couple weeks, their more agile acquisition cycle could spread to other Space Force offices.
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The report, based on a workshop involving industry, experts and Pentagon officials, is in part designed to promote what participants consider to be a “North Star” vision for America as leading human expansion into space beyond Earth.
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Lt. Gen. Michael Guetlein, as head of SSC, has enormous responsibility for space acquisition programs, but lacks direct financial control.
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Many of the technology challenges facing the Space Force are “fundamental and architectural,” requiring the service to figure out how “to get these new, rapidly evolving ideas into the system in a way that makes sense and it’s not utter chaos,” said Joel Mozer, director of science, technology and research.
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Joy White, SSC executive director, said that information about the July 28 reverse industry day on space domain awareness out to the cislunar region should be available on the Front Door website within a few days.
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Frank Calvelli says he will use the congressionally mandated Space Acquisition Council to herd the various Space Force acquisition cats.
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