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Despite COVID-19, Officials Moving Forward with New Space Force Acquisition Plans

By Vivienne Machi

Monday, March 30th, 2020

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Despite COVID-19, Officials Moving Forward with New Space Force Acquisition Plans

As the Department of Defense responds to new developments and guidelines related to the global COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, officials within the Air Force and Space Force are moving ahead with plans to craft new space acquisition guidelines at a virtual April 9 meeting. Since the Space Force was formally established last December, a team within the Pentagon has been working diligently to respond to requirements within the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that seek to define how…

Unmanned Systems

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Pentagon

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Congress

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Congress

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