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…
