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Acting Space Development Agency Director Named as Official Leader

By Vivienne Machi

Monday, October 28th, 2019

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Acting Space Development Agency Director Named as Official Leader

Derek Tournear, director, Space Development Agency. (U.S. Army photo by Monica King)

Derek Tournear, who has served as acting director of the Space Development Agency (SDA) since June, was officially named the agency’s director Oct. 28. The SDA was established in March. Tournear replaced the agency’s first director Fred Kennedy June 24. He previously served as the assistant director for space under the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, and remains dual-hatted as the office looks to backfill his position in the near future, Defense Daily has been…

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