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Acting Air Force Secretary Recommends Legislative Change to Permit Space SAE Before Oct. 1 Next Year

Acting Air Force Secretary Recommends Legislative Change to Permit Space SAE Before Oct. 1 Next Year
Chief of Space Operations Gen. John "Jay" Raymond signs a memorandum of understanding in his office at the Pentagon with the Japanese government on Dec. 15, 2020. The MOU allows U.S. Space Force to put hosted payloads on the Japanese Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS). The QZSS was developed by Japan to enhance American GPS in the Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The fiscal 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), P.L. 116-92, established the U.S. Space Force on Dec. 20, 2019, but the law had some curious language in Section 957 that said that the new assistant secretary of the Air Force for space acquisition and integration would not become the Department of the Air Force service acquisition executive (SAE) for space systems and programs--the Space Force SAE--until Oct. 1, 2022. In the last year of his administration, former President Donald Trump…

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