
The U.S. Air Force’s new Space Enterprise Consortium, which promotes the development of industry prototypes, is getting a five-fold increase in funding because the service is pleased with its results, according to a top Air Force space official.Air Force acquisition chief Will Roper recently approved raising the consortium’s $100 million ceiling to $500 million because the entity has “been so useful to us” in rapidly acquiring new capabilities, said Gen. John “Jay” Raymond, the head of Air Force Space Command,…