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Raymond: U.S. Space Force Needs Service Acquisition Executive Now

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, May 12th, 2021

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Raymond: U.S. Space Force Needs Service Acquisition Executive Now

Chief of Space Operations Gen. John "Jay" Raymond speaks to members of the Combined Force Space Component Command at the Combined Space Operations Center (CSpOC) at Vandenberg AFB, Calif. on Aug. 4 last year (U.S. Air Force Photo).

The U.S. Space Force (USSF) needs a service acquisition executive (SAE) now, the USSF Chief of Space Operations Gen. John "Jay" Raymond said on May 12. The fiscal 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), P.L. 116-92, established the U.S. Space Force on Dec. 20, 2019, but Section 957 of the law said that the new assistant secretary of the Air Force for apace acquisition and integration would not become the Department of the Air Force service acquisition executive (SAE) for…

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