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Justification and Approval for Northrop Grumman DARC Sites 2 and 3 Signed

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, September 10th, 2024

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Justification and Approval for Northrop Grumman DARC Sites 2 and 3 Signed

Frank Calvelli, the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisitions and Integration, visited the Space Development Agency (SDA) on Sept. 30, 2022 (SDA Photo)

On Monday, the Department of the Air Force posted what it said was a signed justification and approval (J&A) for Northrop Grumman [NOC]'s Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) radar Sites 2 and 3. The Federal Acquisition Regulation requires a J&A for non-competitive solicitations. Officials deemed the J&A "controlled unclassified information" (CUI)--a designation that has drawn fire for shielding programs from transparency and oversight. CUI came from Executive Order 13556 signed on Nov. 4, 2010 by then-President Barack Obama. The…

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