Space Rapid Capabilities Office Director Kelly Hammett declined to share much about the new “threat warning” sensors, but gave updates on other closely held programs.
By Theresa Hitchens“Right now, the position of my combatant commander is: ‘I wanna move, I wanna refuel, I wanna have life-extension and I wanna live’,” SpRCO Director Kelly Hammett told Breaking Defense.
By Theresa HitchensA future challenge for the R2C2 program will be figuring out how it fits under the Pentagon’s overarching Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) efforts, Kelly Hammett, director of the Space Rapid Capabilities Office, told Breaking Defense.
By Theresa HitchensBADGER’s first demonstration, held in late August, “marks the first end-to-end test of the steerable phased array modules and software,” Col. Greg Hoffman, of SpRCO’s Strategic Capabilities Acquisition Delta, said.
By Theresa HitchensFrom antennas that can only “talk” to one satellite at a time to much of the work in the control center being done by paper, operators told reporters on a rare tour of the ops center that they’re in dire need of modernization.
By Theresa HitchensSpRCO 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.”
By Theresa HitchensSDA 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.
By Theresa HitchensLt. Gen. Michael Guetlein, as head of SSC, has enormous responsibility for space acquisition programs, but lacks direct financial control.
By Theresa HitchensFrank Calvelli says he will use the congressionally mandated Space Acquisition Council to herd the various Space Force acquisition cats.
By Theresa HitchensThe member agencies of the Program Integration Council now are all “cross-cleared” so they can share information about their planned space acquisitions, said Lt. Gen. Michael Guetlein, head of Space Systems Command.
By Theresa HitchensSpace RCO is currently managing 13 classified programs, with another about to be initiated, said Director Mike Roberts.
By Theresa Hitchens“Clearly, this is not what Congress intended,” one former senior DoD official notes.
By Theresa HitchensSpace Systems Command will allow “competition between disruptors and prototypers and more traditional acquisition organizations” within the Space Force, says Gen. Jay Raymond.
By Theresa Hitchens