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Independent Review Team on SDA Submits Report to Pentagon

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, June 5th, 2025

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Independent Review Team on SDA Submits Report to Pentagon

Pictured is Michael Duffey testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee on March 27 during his nomination hearing to become DoD acquisition chief.

On the docket for Michael Duffey, the newly installed Pentagon acquisition chief, will be his review and implementation of the closely held recommendations of the DoD Independent Review Team (IRT) for the Space Development Agency's (SDA) Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA). The IRT report is also in the hands of Air Force Secretary Troy Meink and Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman. Chaired by former House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-Texas), IRT members have included Tina…

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