Continuing resolutions and budget uncertainty are a perennial concern to the U.S. military, but the nascent Space Development Agency’s (SDA) future appears particularly tied to how quickly lawmakers can authorize and appropriate fiscal year 2020 defense funding. The Defense Department must ...
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The U.S. government must look at adopting commercial sector manufacturing practices to quickly build and field a more proliferated network of sensors in space, Mike Griffin, undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, said Dec. 3. Speaking at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s event †...
The Air Force has yet to reach a decision on where to locate the new U.S. Space Command headquarters, three months since the combatant command’s revival in August, a senior Air Force official said Dec. 3. The decision was originally expected to be made by summer 2019, but has been held up as the ...
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has sustained Blue Origin’s pre-award protest against the Air Force, which alleged that the service’s launch services procurement (LSP) program requirements restricted competition and were inconsistent with commercial practice. The launch venture ...
The Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $3.3 billion contract to provide support services for several military communications satellite programs, per a Nov. 15 contract announcement. The award provides for 10 years of indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts related to the ...
The format of the Air Force’s inaugural Space Pitch Day was positively received by some industry observers, who hope it is just the beginning of a concerted effort by the service to adapt its acquisition processes to commercial practices and harness space innovation. The presence of senior Air ...
