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Rapid Prototyping Key in NC3 Modernization

Rapid Prototyping Key in NC3 Modernization
Airmen with the 705th Munitions Squadron conduct convoy operations during Global Thunder 25 at Minot AFB, N.D. on Oct. 20, 2024. The annual command and control exercise is to train U.S. Strategic Command forces and assess joint operational readiness, the Air Force said (U.S. Air Force Photo)

AURORA, Colo.--Rapid prototyping is key to the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command's (SSC) approach to the modernization of strategic and tactical communications. "We really are looking to award prototyping contracts and other contracting authorities to multiple sources to explore that best of breed capability, establish competition within industry, and drive down as much technical risk as we can--ultimately enabling low-risk and low NRE [non-recurring engineering] for those future development activities," Col. Ryan Rose, SSC's deputy director of military communications…

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