
The U.S. Space Force's acquisition arm is to gain a ground-level view of programs from subcontractors and suppliers, Frank Calvelli, assistant secretary of the Air Force for space acquisition and integration and a former top National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) official, said on Aug. 7. "What's really important to me for my program managers is working with industry to deliver on cost and schedule," Calvelli said at NDIA's emerging technologies for defense conference in Washington, D.C. "It is all about program…