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Air Force Pursuing Makeover For Operationally Responsive Space Office

By Marc Selinger

Thursday, May 17th, 2018

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Air Force Pursuing Makeover For Operationally Responsive Space Office

Orbital's Minotaur IV launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Aug. 26, 2017, carrying the ORS-5 space-tracing satellite. Photo: Orbital ATK.

The U.S. Air Force is beefing up the Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) office to help the 11-year-old organization improve its ability to quickly develop urgently needed space capabilities, service Secretary Heather Wilson said May 17.The Air Force is adding about 50 people to the office, which is based at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico, Wilson testified before Senate Appropriations Committee’s defense panel. As of last fall, the office had fewer than 40 military, civilian and contractor employees. The Air Force is…

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