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Pentagon Moving To Implement Report By SDA Review Team, Including More Systems Engineering Focus To Reduce Concurrency

Pentagon Moving To Implement Report By SDA Review Team, Including More Systems Engineering Focus To Reduce Concurrency
Pictured is a SpaceX Falcon 9 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. just before the 2nd launch of Tranche 1, Transport Layer satellites on Oct. 15th. The first launch came on Sept. 10th. (SpaceX Photo)

Pentagon acquisition chief Michael Duffey has approved the Space Development Agency's Independent Review Team (SDA IRT) report, which team members signed off on in May--an approval that had been on Duffey's docket since the Senate confirmed him on June 3 (Defense Daily, June 5). Analysts interpreted the establishment of the SDA IRT early this year as foreshadowing an elimination of SDA headquarters or an attempt by Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman to get then SDA Director Derek…

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